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Skepticism is the highest duty and blind faith the one unpardonable sin.

Skepticism is the highest duty and blind faith the one unpardonable sin.

Thomas Huxley
Religion, Atheism, Sin

I would rather be the offspring of two apes than be a man and afraid to face the truth.

Thomas Huxley
Men, Two, Religion
"The Harvest of a Quiet Eye, A Selection of Scientific Quotations". Book edited by Alan L. Mackay, 1977.

. . . I fail to find a trace [in Protestantism] of any desire to set reason free. The most that can be discovered is a proposal to change masters. From being a slave of the papacy, the intellect was to become the serf of the Bible.

Thomas Huxley
Religion, Desire, Failing
Thomas Henry Huxley (1967). “The Essence of T. H. Huxley: Selections Form His Writings”

It ought not to be unpleasant to say that which one honestly believes or disbelieves. That it so constantly is painful to do so, is quite enough obstacle to the progress of mankind in that most valuable of all qualities, honesty of word or of deed.

Thomas Huxley
Honesty, Believe, Religion
Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). “Collected Essays”, p.241, Cambridge University Press

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