Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

Quote by Thomas Huxley

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Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth.

Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth.

The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders...

The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders...

The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed.

The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed.

Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively...

Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively...

Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly...

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly...

The medieval university looked backwards; it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The...

The medieval university looked backwards; it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The...

Science has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth.

Science has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth.

Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.

Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.

The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man...

The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man...

In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human...

In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human...

It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may,...

It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may,...

The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them....

The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them....

The child who has been taught to make an accurate elevation, plan, and section of...

The child who has been taught to make an accurate elevation, plan, and section of...

The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach...

The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach...

I took thought, and invented what I conceived to be the appropriate title of 'agnostic'.

I took thought, and invented what I conceived to be the appropriate title of 'agnostic'.

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.

The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their...

The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their...

My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try...

My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try...

Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation.

Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation.