I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men.

Quote by Thomas Huxley

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The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to...

The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to...

The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism...

The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism...

Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one's...

Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one's...

It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs...

It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs...

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'.

I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what...

I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what...

Nothing can be more incorrect than the assumption one sometimes meets with, that physics has...

Nothing can be more incorrect than the assumption one sometimes meets with, that physics has...

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

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

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...

No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for...

No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for...

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

There is but one right, and the possibilities of wrong are infinite.

There is but one right, and the possibilities of wrong are infinite.

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived...

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived...

The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world....

The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world....

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,...

Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science.

Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science.

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 most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall...

The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall...

The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly...

The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly...

Misery is a match that never goes out.

Misery is a match that never goes out.