Huxley

Famous quotes containing the word huxley:

    The science, the art, the jurisprudence, the chief political and social theories, of the modern world have grown out of Greece and Rome—not by favor of, but in the teeth of, the fundamental teachings of early Christianity, to which science, art, and any serious occupation with the things of this world were alike despicable.
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    I will have no Parsons around me but such as drink deep, ride to Hounds and caress the Wives and Daughters of their Parishioners. A Virtuous Parson does nothing to test or exercise the Faith of his Flock.
    —Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

    The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom.
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)