Thomas Henry Huxley

"The study of nature teaches us that nothing stands alone."

"I have deliberately shut my eyes and ears to every sort of evidence against materialism."

"Those who refuse to enter the struggle are already vanquished."

"The chess-board is the world; the pieces are the phenomena of the universe."

"Intellectual honesty is the quality most necessary for the progress of science."

"Every variety of philosophical and theological opinion was represented there."

"The question of questions for mankind is the problem of man's place in nature."

"Nature's way of saying hello is to slap you in the face."

"The scientific spirit is of more value than its products."

"Upon this showing, what becomes of the great Occam's razor?"

"Truth is the scaffolding upon which we build until we can dispense with it."

"The foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God. It is by the aid of History that this can be effected."

"Don't imagine you can undertake to lay down the law for the Infinite."

"The only anchor of my new philosophy is true and solid virtue."

"Dare to be true."

"Every citizen should understand enough science to take part intelligently in discussions of public policy."

"Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack."

"The pursuit of knowledge is the vocation of all truly great minds."

"Ability to work is as important as the ability to think."

"The practice of science is the only true religion which shows the path to justice."

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

"A man may be defined as an animal that makes discoveries."

"Orthodoxy is the Bourbon of the world of thought."

"I am too much of a skeptic to deny the possibility of anything."

"There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless."

"The chess-board is the world; the pieces are the phenomena of the universe; the player on the other side is hidden from us."

"The test of a hypothesis is whether it leads to successful prediction."

"Man is one; the world is one; it is the failure to grasp the unity that produces mischief."

"Nature is not cruel, blindly neutral, or just."

"In science, gentlemen are not to be found."