The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Tags: science tragedy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations from Thomas H. Huxley The strongest man in the world is the man who stands alone. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion... or you shall learn nothing. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Tags: opinions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The strongest man in the world is the man who stands alone. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion... or you shall learn nothing. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Tags: opinions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “tragedy” The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy. —Alfred North Whitehead More about this quote Tags: age youth tragedy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new little hopes. It is rather hard work: there is now no smooth road into the future. But we go round, or scramble over the obstacles. We've got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen. —D. H. Lawrence More about this quote Tags: hope future tragedy habit Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email That's the tragedy of falling in love; it brings with it the potential for loss. —Sarah Rayner in One Morning More about this quote Tags: love potential loss tragedy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email When, at some point in our lives, we meet a real tragedy — which could happen to any one of us — we can react in two ways. Obviously, we can lose hope, let ourselves slip into discouragement, into alcohol, drugs, and unending sadness. Or else we can wake ourselves up, discover in ourselves an energy that was hidden there, and act with more clarity, more force. —14th Dalai Lama More about this quote Tags: hope sadness tragedy energy alcohol live clarity drugs Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email And this is the simple truth — that to live is to feel oneself lost. He who accepts it has already begun to find himself, to be on firm ground. Instinctively, as do the shipwrecked, he will look around for something to which to cling, and that tragic, ruthless glance, absolutely sincere, because it is a question of his salvation, will cause him to bring order into the chaos of his life. These are the only genuine ideas; the ideas of the shipwrecked. All the rest is rhetoric, posturing, farce. —Soren Kierkegaard More about this quote Tags: truth life ideas tragedy clinging chaos salvation being lost Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy. —Alfred North Whitehead More about this quote Tags: age youth tragedy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new little hopes. It is rather hard work: there is now no smooth road into the future. But we go round, or scramble over the obstacles. We've got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen. —D. H. Lawrence More about this quote Tags: hope future tragedy habit Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
That's the tragedy of falling in love; it brings with it the potential for loss. —Sarah Rayner in One Morning More about this quote Tags: love potential loss tragedy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When, at some point in our lives, we meet a real tragedy — which could happen to any one of us — we can react in two ways. Obviously, we can lose hope, let ourselves slip into discouragement, into alcohol, drugs, and unending sadness. Or else we can wake ourselves up, discover in ourselves an energy that was hidden there, and act with more clarity, more force. —14th Dalai Lama More about this quote Tags: hope sadness tragedy energy alcohol live clarity drugs Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
And this is the simple truth — that to live is to feel oneself lost. He who accepts it has already begun to find himself, to be on firm ground. Instinctively, as do the shipwrecked, he will look around for something to which to cling, and that tragic, ruthless glance, absolutely sincere, because it is a question of his salvation, will cause him to bring order into the chaos of his life. These are the only genuine ideas; the ideas of the shipwrecked. All the rest is rhetoric, posturing, farce. —Soren Kierkegaard More about this quote Tags: truth life ideas tragedy clinging chaos salvation being lost Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email