My fundamental axiom of speculative philosophy is that materialism and spiritualism are opposite poles of the same absurdity-the absurdity of imagining that we know anything about either spirit or matter.
Thomas HuxleyMy business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations.
Thomas HuxleyIn truth, the laboratory is the forecourt of the temple of philosophy, and whoso has not offered sacrifices and undergone purification there has little chance of admission into the sanctuary.
Thomas Huxley