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T. H. Huxley Quotes: "Successfully (whatever that may mean) or unsuccessfully, we all overact the part of our favorite character in fiction."

Successfully (whatever that may mean) or unsuccessfully, we all overact the part of our favorite character in fiction.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "In actual life a downward movement may sometimes be made the beginning of an ascent."

In actual life a downward movement may sometimes be made the beginning of an ascent.




T. H. Huxley Quotes: "What wonder, then, if human beings in their search for the divine have generally preferred to look within!"

What wonder, then, if human beings in their search for the divine have generally preferred to look within!



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "Christianity accepted as given a metaphysical system derived from several already existing and mutually incompatible systems."

Christianity accepted as given a metaphysical system derived from several already existing and mutually incompatible systems.




T. H. Huxley Quotes: "The thing that impresses me most about this country is its hopefulness. It is this which distinguishes it from Europe, where there is hopeless depression and fear."

The thing that impresses me most about this country is its hopefulness. It is this which distinguishes it from Europe, where there is hopeless depression and fear.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "I believe one would write better if the climate were bad. If there were a lot of wind and storms for example."

I believe one would write better if the climate were bad. If there were a lot of wind and storms for example.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "No man, however civilized, can listen for very long to African drumming, or Indian chanting, or Welsh hymn singing, and retain intact his critical and self-conscious personality."

No man, however civilized, can listen for very long to African drumming, or Indian chanting, or Welsh hymn singing, and retain intact his critical and self-conscious personality.




T. H. Huxley Quotes: "Everyone belongs to everyone else."

Everyone belongs to everyone else.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "A poor degenerate from the ape, Whose hands are four, whose tail's a limb, I contemplate my flaccid shape And know I may not rival him Save with my mind."

A poor degenerate from the ape, Whose hands are four, whose tail's a limb, I contemplate my flaccid shape And know I may not rival him Save with my mind.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "I had to depend on Braille for my reading and guide for my walking...I am now wearing no glasses, reading and all without strain...by taking lessons in seeing...optometrists hate the method."

I had to depend on Braille for my reading and guide for my walking...I am now wearing no glasses, reading and all without strain...by taking lessons in seeing...optometrists hate the method.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "It’s embarrassing to tell you this, but it seems to come down mostly to just learning to be kinder."

It’s embarrassing to tell you this, but it seems to come down mostly to just learning to be kinder.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "The creation by word-power of something out of nothing--what is that but magic? And, may I add, what is that but literature?"

The creation by word-power of something out of nothing--what is that but magic? And, may I add, what is that but literature?




T. H. Huxley Quotes: "In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is high; in reality, very low."

In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is high; in reality, very low.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "One right-thinking man thinks like all other right-thinking men of his time that is to say, in most cases, like some wrong-thinking man of another time."

One right-thinking man thinks like all other right-thinking men of his time that is to say, in most cases, like some wrong-thinking man of another time.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "Try LSD, 100mg intramuscular... I thought so."

Try LSD, 100mg intramuscular... I thought so.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "The investigation of nature is an infinite pasture-ground where all may graze, and where the more bite, the longer the grass grows, the sweeter is its flavor, and the more it nourishes."

The investigation of nature is an infinite pasture-ground where all may graze, and where the more bite, the longer the grass grows, the sweeter is its flavor, and the more it nourishes.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "In any race between human numbers and natural resources, time is against us."

In any race between human numbers and natural resources, time is against us.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "In religion all words are dirty words. Anybody who gets eloquent about Buddha, or God, or Christ, ought to have his mouth washed out with carbolic soap."

In religion all words are dirty words. Anybody who gets eloquent about Buddha, or God, or Christ, ought to have his mouth washed out with carbolic soap.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "Of the significant and pleasurable experiences of life only the simplest are open indiscriminately to all. The rest cannot be had except by those who have undergone a suitable training."

Of the significant and pleasurable experiences of life only the simplest are open indiscriminately to all. The rest cannot be had except by those who have undergone a suitable training.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "The only truly consistent are the dead."

The only truly consistent are the dead.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "Contemplation is that condition of alert passivity, in which the soul lays itself open to the divine Ground within and without, the immanent and transcendent Godhead."

Contemplation is that condition of alert passivity, in which the soul lays itself open to the divine Ground within and without, the immanent and transcendent Godhead.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "No less than war or statecraft, the history of Economics has its heroic ages."

No less than war or statecraft, the history of Economics has its heroic ages.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "Work is prayer. Work is also stink. Therefore stink is prayer."

Work is prayer. Work is also stink. Therefore stink is prayer.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "Faith, it is evident, may be relied on to produce sustained action and, more rarely, sustained contemplation."

Faith, it is evident, may be relied on to produce sustained action and, more rarely, sustained contemplation.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "Music is an ocean, but the repertory is hardly even a lake; it is a pond."

Music is an ocean, but the repertory is hardly even a lake; it is a pond.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "There are many kinds of gods. Therefore there are many kinds of men."

There are many kinds of gods. Therefore there are many kinds of men.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "The settled man can cope with love and hate from others, but never with their indifference."

The settled man can cope with love and hate from others, but never with their indifference.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "How unfortunate for mankind that the Lord is reported by Holy Writ as having said 'Vengeance is mine!'"

How unfortunate for mankind that the Lord is reported by Holy Writ as having said 'Vengeance is mine!'



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "The difference between a good medicine and a poison is the dosage."

The difference between a good medicine and a poison is the dosage.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "Since I was young my wish has been to die in perfect health - I mean to die with a body that is not destroyed by illness but a body that is consumed by its own long burning fire."

Since I was young my wish has been to die in perfect health - I mean to die with a body that is not destroyed by illness but a body that is consumed by its own long burning fire.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "Addiction to food is unfortunately really grave, also to alcohol or to anything else."

Addiction to food is unfortunately really grave, also to alcohol or to anything else.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "Power is just so much part of the human being because power is survival. But I wonder if that is the best way to survive, by killing someone else."

Power is just so much part of the human being because power is survival. But I wonder if that is the best way to survive, by killing someone else.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bounds, society perishes."

If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bounds, society perishes.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "What men of science want is only a fair day's wages for more than a fair day's work."

What men of science want is only a fair day's wages for more than a fair day's work.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "That mysterious independent variable of political calculation, Public Opinion."

That mysterious independent variable of political calculation, Public Opinion.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "My experience of the world is that things left to themselves don't get right."

My experience of the world is that things left to themselves don't get right.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "I would rather be the offspring of two apes than be a man and afraid to face the truth."

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



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "Matter and force are the two names of the one artist who fashions the living as well as the lifeless."

Matter and force are the two names of the one artist who fashions the living as well as the lifeless.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen."

To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "There are savages without God in any proper sense of the word, but none without ghosts."

There are savages without God in any proper sense of the word, but none without ghosts.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "Can any one deny that the old Israelites conceived Jahveh not only in the image of a man, but in that of a changeable, irritable, and, occasionally, violent man?"

Can any one deny that the old Israelites conceived Jahveh not only in the image of a man, but in that of a changeable, irritable, and, occasionally, violent man?



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "The advertisement is one of the most interesting and difficult of modern literary forms."

The advertisement is one of the most interesting and difficult of modern literary forms.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "At this point we find ourselves confronted by a very disquieting question: Do we really wish to act upon our knowledge?"

At this point we find ourselves confronted by a very disquieting question: Do we really wish to act upon our knowledge?



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "Round pegs in square holes tend to have dangerous thoughts about the social system and tend to infect others with their discontents."

Round pegs in square holes tend to have dangerous thoughts about the social system and tend to infect others with their discontents.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "In the world of ideas everything was clear; in life all was obscure, embroiled."

In the world of ideas everything was clear; in life all was obscure, embroiled.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "The critics don't interest me because they're concerned with what's past and done, while I'm concerned with what comes next."

The critics don't interest me because they're concerned with what's past and done, while I'm concerned with what comes next.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "The social body persists although the component cells may change."

The social body persists although the component cells may change.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "To be excited is still to be unsatisfied."

To be excited is still to be unsatisfied.



T. H. Huxley Quotes: "The more a man knows about himself in relation to every kind of experience, the greater his chance of suddenly, one fine morning, realizing who in fact he is."

The more a man knows about himself in relation to every kind of experience, the greater his chance of suddenly, one fine morning, realizing who in fact he is.