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Thomas Huxley Quotes about Lying

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We are prone to see what lies behind our eyes, rather than what apprears before them.

We are prone to see what lies behind our eyes, rather than what apprears before them.

Lying, Eye, Behinds

The foundation of all morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying; to give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibilities of knowledge.

Giving Up, Lying, Believe

Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). “Collected Essays”, p.146, Cambridge University Press

It is not what we believe, but why we believe it. Moral responsibility lies in diligently weighing the evidence. We must actively doubt; we have to scrutinize our views, not take them on trust. No virtue attached to blindly accepting orthodoxy, however 'venerable'.

Lying, Believe, Responsibility

Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

Money, Lying, Doe

Thomas Henry Huxley, Henrietta A. Huxley (1908). “Aphorisms and reflections”

Agnosticism, in fact, is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorous application of a single principle. ... Positively the principle may be expressed: In matters of the intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard to any other consideration. And negatively: In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable.

Lying, Essence, Principles

Thomas Henry Huxley (19??). “Aphorisms of Thomas Huxley”

Extinguished theologians lie about the cradle of every science as the strangled snakes beside that of Hercules; and history records that whenever science and orthodoxy have been fairly opposed, the latter has been forced to retire from the lists, bleeding and crushed if not annihilated; scotched, if not slain.

Lying, Snakes, Records

Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). “Collected Essays”, p.52, Cambridge University Press

The question of all questions for humanity, the problem which lies behind all others and is more interesting than any of them, is that of the determination of man's place in nature and his relation to the cosmos.

Determination, Lying, Men

[Scientists] have learned to respect nothing but evidence, and to believe that their highest duty lies in submitting to it however it may jar against their inclinations.

Lying, Believe, Science

Thomas Henry Huxley (1997). “The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley”, p.106, University of Georgia Press

Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

Truth, Lying, Science

'Science and Culture and Other Essays' (1881) 'The Coming of Age of the Origin of Species'

It is given to few to add the store of knowledge, to strike new springs of thought, or to shape new forms of beauty. But so sure as it is that men live not by bread, but by ideas, so sure is it that the future of the world lies in the hands of those who are able to carry the interpretation of nature a step further than their predecessors.

Lying, Spring, Knowledge

Thomas Henry Huxley (1908). “Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of Thomas Henry Huxley”, p.109, Library of Alexandria

A world of facts lies outside and beyond the world of words.

Lying, World, Facts

Thomas Henry Huxley (1870). “Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews”, p.57, Adam, Stevenson

Extinguished theologians lie about the cradle of every science, as strangled snakes beside that of Hercules

Lying, Snakes, Cradle

Thomas Gribble, Thomas Henry Huxley (1871). “The semi-barbarous Hebrew and the extinguished theologian [a reply to T.H. Huxley's Lay sermons].”, p.3

That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to State of Nature, the State of Art of an organized polity; in which, and by which, man may develop a worthy civilization

Art, Nature, Lying

Thomas Henry Huxley (1997). “The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley”, p.307, University of Georgia Press

Unity of plan everywhere lies hidden under the mask: of diversity of structure-the complex is everywhere evolved out of the simple.

Lying, Science, Simple

Thomas Henry Huxley (1872). “Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews”, p.101

Oh devil! truth is better than much profit. I have searched over the grounds of my belief, and if wife and child and name and fame were all to be lost to me one after the other as the penalty, still I will not lie.

Children, Lying, Names

Thomas Henry Huxley (1997). “The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley”, p.357, University of Georgia Press

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