| 22 Famous Quotes by Thomas Henry Huxley
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“Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.”
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“It sounds paradoxical to say the attainment of scientific truth has been effected, to a great extent, by the help of scientific errors”
Scientists Quotes |
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“The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.”
Universe Quotes |
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“Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.”
Education Quotes |
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“Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.”
Consequences Quotes |
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“Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.”
Harm Quotes |
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“The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only hold man's
foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.”
Inspirational Quotes |
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Inspirational Quotes |
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“There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early
in life.”
Inspirational Quotes |
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“The great end of life is not knowledge but action.”
Inspirational Quotes |
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“Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.”
Politics / government Quotes |
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“...a man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.”
Politics / government Quotes |
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“Thought is the labour of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.”
Advice / experience / wisdom Quotes |
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“If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?”
Advice / experience / wisdom Quotes |
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“It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.”
Computer / technology / science Quotes |
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“Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.”
Psychological subjects Quotes |
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“In matters of intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard for any other consideration.”
Psychological subjects Quotes |
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“Veracity is the heart of morality.”
Psychological subjects Quotes |
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“The foundation of all morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying; to give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibilities of knowledge.”
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“Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.”
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“Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.”
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“The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. - Life and Letters of Thomas Huxley.”
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Thomas Henry Huxley Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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