Thomas Henry Huxley

"The eye of the mind is awakened through proper training and discipline."

"All the mistakes of the past are but lessons for the future."

"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you uncomfortable."

"True morality exists independent of all theological doctrines."

"The brain is the sole seat of the mind."

"No man can claim to truly understand what he has not studied deeply."

"The glory of science is in the pursuit, not in the possession of truth."

"To be fully human one must pursue both truth and goodness."

"The world rewards those who act with conviction and purpose."

"Behind every statement of fact lies a hypothesis waiting to be tested."

"The measure of a man is what he does with the power he possesses."

"Time is the greatest teacher; those who will not learn from it are fools."

"The future is not written; it awaits those brave enough to shape it."

"I sit down with a sheet of paper and whatever comes to me, I write."

"The greatest enemy of truth is not the lie, but the half-truth."

"Wonder and investigation are the roots of all learning."

"Man stands between the animals and the gods."

"The world needs more people who are willing to stand alone for what is right."

"The great tragedy of Science is the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact."

"Do not pretend to conclusions to which you have no right to pretend; that is dishonesty."

"The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated."

"There is no stronger reason to hold a belief than to honestly examine it and find it to be true."

"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed."

"The world is full of people who, if they were to be put on trial for their life, could not prove their usefulness."

"I have never been able to understand why the violation of a majesty of the laws of nature is spoken of as a miracle in favor of the Deity."

"Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense."

"The only question which any wise being can ask himself is whether he is on the right side of the great controversy."

"The most powerful weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed."

"Learn what is true in order to do what is right."

"Careful criticism is the greatest kindness one can show a writer or thinker."