Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley
Thomas Henry Huxley PC PRS FLSwas an English biologist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth4 May 1825
life-is-too-short slaying oneself
Life is too short to occupy oneself with the slaying of the slain more than once.
life opposites matter
Life is like walking along a crowded street--there always seem to be fewer obstacles to getting along on the opposite pavement--and yet, if one crosses over, matters are rarely mended.
life player law
The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.
inspirational life patience
Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.
things-in-life people unhappy
It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may, we can never be certain of making people happy, whereas we can almost always be certain of making them unhappy.
life success failure
There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.
life mother method
No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.
life equilibrium inertia
Living things have no inertia, and tend to no equilibrium.
life success education
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. It is the first lesson that ought to be learned and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.
inspirational life motivational
Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing.
life eye men
For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold novelties for him who has the eyes to see them.
life knowledge action
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
life success science
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity.
duty east hunger learn mental order satisfy unable wind
Learn what is true, in order to do what is right, is the summing up of the whole duty of man, for all who are unable to satisfy their mental hunger with the east wind of authority.