Huxley

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    Demoniac possession is mythical; but the faculty of being possessed, more less completely, by an idea is probably the fundamental condition of what is called genius, whether it show itself in the saint, the artist, or the man of science.
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    It may be well to remember that the highest level of moral aspiration recorded in history was reached by a few ancient Jews—Micah, Isaiah, and the rest—who took no count whatever of what might not happen to them after death. It is not obvious to me why the same point should not by and by be reached by the Gentiles.
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.
    —Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)