If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bounds, society perishes.
Thomas HuxleyIf the perpetual oscillation of nations between anarchy and despotism is to be replaced by the steady march of self-restraining freedom, it will be because men will gradually bring themselves to deal with political, as they now deal with scientific questions.
Thomas HuxleyOf moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit.
Thomas HuxleyThe only good that I can see in the demonstration of the truth of "Spiritualism" is to furnish an additional argument against suicide. Better live a crossing-sweeper than die and be made to talk twaddle by a "medium" hired at a guinea a sรฉance.
Thomas HuxleyThe besetting sin of able men is impatience of contradiction and of criticism. Even those who do their best to resist the temptation, yield to it almost unconsciously and become the tools of toadies and flatterers. "Authorities," "disciples," and "schools" are the curse of science and do more to interfere with the work of the scientific spirit than all its enemies.
Thomas Huxley