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.

Quote by Thomas Henry Huxley

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Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as...

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as...

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

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...

Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life...

Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life...

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

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

The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time,...

The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time,...

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as...

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as...

Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.

Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

Logical consequences are the scare-crows of fools and the beacons of wise men

Logical consequences are the scare-crows of fools and the beacons of wise men

There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they...

There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they...

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules...

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules...

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do...

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do...

Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.

Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics - none in...

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics - none in...

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only...

If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only...

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

Maybe love won't let you down. All of your failures are training grounds and just...

Maybe love won't let you down. All of your failures are training grounds and just...