Thomas Henry Huxley

Genius, as an explosive power, beats gunpowder hollow.

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to put the other somewhat higher.

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

To a person uninstructed in natural history, his country or seaside stroll is a walk through a gallery filled with wonderful works of art, nine-tenths of which have their faces turned to the wall.

Science is simply common sense at its best--- that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.

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

Ten cytat ma więcej niż dwa języki

Nauka to nic innego jak wytrenowany i zorganizowany zdrowy rozsądek.

Science is simply common sense at its best--- that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.

科學是經過訓練培養、組織良好的常識。

Stań przed faktem jak małe dziecko. Bądź gotów porzucić wszystkie dotychczasowe teorie, krocz pokornie drogą, którą wskazuje Natura. Inaczej – niczego się nie nauczysz.

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing.

The great tragedy of Science -- the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly