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

Quote by Thomas Huxley

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

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

Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation.

Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation.

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...

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

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...

Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth.

Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth.

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.

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...

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...

Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

It is the customary fate of new truths, to begin as heresies, and to end...

It is the customary fate of new truths, to begin as heresies, and to end...

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.

I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of...

I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of...

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...

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'.

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

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....

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...

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 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....