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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Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah.

Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah.

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 world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all its folly...

The world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all its folly...

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...

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...

The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority.

The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority.

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

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...

Misery is a match that never goes out.

Misery is a match that never goes out.

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...

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...

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....

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...

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

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 only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right; the freedom to...

The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right; the freedom to...

If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better...

If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better...

Science and literature are not two things, but two sides of one thing.

Science and literature are not two things, but two sides of one thing.