Thomas Huxley

Biology British 1825 – 1895 74 quotes

Darwin's bulldog who defended evolution, quipping that science is organized knowledge and wisdom is organized life.

Quotes by Thomas Huxley

The mind of man is like a kaleidoscope, in which the same elements, under varying circumstances, present different aspects.

Essay 1870

I have no faith, very little hope, and as to love — it is a malady.

Letter 1851

The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders.

Essay 1860

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

Speech 1873

The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world.

Essay 1881

Time, whose tooth gnaws away the edge of everything.

Essay 1868

Eclecticism is the self-corruption of youth.

Essay 1865

The soul is a myth, invented for the convenience of the parsons and philosophers.

Speech 1870

I am content to be a mere appendix to Darwin's volume.

Letter 1860

Theology is anthropomorphism.

Essay 1869

Protoplasm, simple or nucleated, is the formal basis of all life. It is the clay of the potter.

Essay 1868

On my last day on earth, I would want to be with my family, not in a hospital.

Personal reflection 1895

Follow your own path, and let people talk.

Letter 1850

The improvement of our education is the only way to improve the world.

Speech 1880