Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion… or you shall learn nothing.
—Thomas H. Huxley
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.
—Thomas H. Huxley
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
The great tragedy of Science—the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
—Thomas H. Huxley
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