Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom-box.
Thomas HuxleyIt sounds paradoxical to say the attainment of scientific truth has been effected, to a great extent, by the help of scientific errors.
Thomas HuxleyTeach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!
Thomas HuxleyThere 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 HuxleyIt may be well to remember that the highest level of moral aspiration recorded in history was reached by a few ancient Jews--Micah, Isaiah, and the rest--who took no count whatever of what might not happen to them after death. It is not obvious to me why the same point should not by and by be reached by the Gentiles.
Thomas Huxley