Thomas HuxleyThinkers

Agnosticism is simply the assertion that it is wrong for a man to say that he is certain of the objective truth of any proposition unless he can produce evidence which logically justifies that certainty.

An Argument is not really about the people involved — it is not who is right, but what is right, that is important.

Education is possible because the body is a machine on account of the fact that education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organization upon the natural organization of the body.

Faith is the one unpardonable sin. Skepticism, by contrast, is the highest of duties.

A Hypothesis is of little use if it is not intelligible — It is the first duty of a hypothesis to be intelligible.

Morality is a human construct — The cosmic process has no sort of relation to moral ends.

Nature is an enemy that must be combated.

Orthodoxy is the Bourbon of the world of thought; it learns not, neither can it forget.

Science is simply common sense at its best.

Skepticism is the highest of duties, just as blind faith is the one unpardonable sin.