The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin.

Quote by Thomas Huxley

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Friendship involves many things but, above all the power of going outside oneself and appreciating...

Friendship involves many things but, above all the power of going outside oneself and appreciating...

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 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...

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...

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 nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

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 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...