Thomas Henry Huxley

Biology English 1825 – 1895 244 quotes

Darwin's Bulldog, champion of evolution

Quotes by Thomas Henry Huxley

The world is a great game, and the rules are not made by us.

A Liberal Education; and Where to Find It 1868

There is no alleviation for the sufferings of mankind except veracity of thought and action, and the resolute facing of the world as it is when the garment of make-believe is stripped off.

Agnosticism and Christianity 1889

I have been a man of science, and I have been a man of letters, but I have never been a man of religion.

Agnosticism and Christianity 1889

The history of civilization is the history of the subjugation of nature by man.

Attributed 1870

The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.

Attributed 1870

The highest of all sciences is the science of living.

Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews 1871

The great end of education is to enable us to know what is true and to do what is right.

Collected Essays, Vol. III: Science and Education 1877

The only way to learn to do a thing is to do it.

Attributed 1870

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

Attributed 1870

The great end of all human endeavour is to know.

Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews 1871

The great end of all human endeavour is to do.

Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews 1871

The great end of all human endeavour is to be.

Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews 1871

The great end of all human endeavour is to live.

Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews 1871

The great end of all human endeavour is to love.

Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews 1871

The great end of all human endeavour is to hope.

Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews 1871

The great end of all human endeavour is to believe.

Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews 1871

The great end of all human endeavour is to worship.

Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews 1871

The great end of all human endeavour is to pray.

Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews 1871

The great end of all human endeavour is to serve.

Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews 1871

The great end of all human endeavour is to give.

Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews 1871