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 rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold...

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold...

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....

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'.

Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth.

Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth.

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...

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...

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...

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.

The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may...

The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may...

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as...

History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as...

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...

I believe that history might be, and ought to be, taught in a new fashion...

I believe that history might be, and ought to be, taught in a new fashion...

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...

Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and...

Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and...

Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever...

Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever...

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

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

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as...

In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as...