The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to ea…

Thomas Huxley
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The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect. ✨ Leonard Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, p.261, Cambridge University Press
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Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature. ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley, Cyril Bibby (1971). T. H. Huxley on Education, p.79, Cambridge University Press
Creation,' in the ordinary sense of the word, is perfectly conceivable. I find no difficulty in conceiving that, at some former period, this universe was not in existence, and that it made its appear … ▶
The only objections that have occurred to me are, 1st that you have loaded yourself with an unnecessary difficulty in adopting Natura non facit saltum so unreservedly. . . . And 2nd, it is not clear … ▶
Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men. ✨ 'Science and Culture and Other Essays' (1881) 'On the Hypothesis that Animals are Automata'
The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them. Only let us be sure that it is the truth. ✨ Leonard Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). Life and Letters of Thomas Henry … ▶

The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect. ✨ Leonard Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, p.261, Cambridge University Press

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