Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

— Thomas Huxley

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

— Thomas Huxley

Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth.

— Thomas Huxley

If a little knowledge is dangerous - where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

— Thomas Huxley

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

— Thomas Huxley

If some great power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right on condition of being some sort of clock and wound up every morning before I got out of bed I should close instantly with the offer.

— Thomas Huxley

In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counselors, but it is only in one or two of them.

— Thomas Huxley

I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men.

— Thomas Huxley

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

— Thomas Huxley

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.

— Thomas Huxley