Thomas Henry Huxley Quotes

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. - Thomas Henry Huxley

Veracity is the heart of morality. - Thomas Henry Huxley

To a person uninstructed in natural history, his country or sea-side stroll is a walk through a gallery filled with wonderful works of art, nine-tenths of which have their faces turned to the wall. - Thomas Henry Huxley

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life. - Thomas Henry Huxley

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics - none in which there is more need of good pilots and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high. - Thomas Henry Huxley

There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they are badly argued. - Thomas Henry Huxley

There is no alleviation for the sufferings of mankind except veracity of thought and of action, and the resolute facing of the world as it is when the garment of make-believe by which pious hands have hidden its uglier features is stripped off. - Thomas Henry Huxley

The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority. - Thomas Henry Huxley

The thief and the murderer follow nature just as much as the philanthropist. - Thomas Henry Huxley

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