Quote by Thomas Huxley
Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of e

Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit. – Thomas Huxley

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Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion! – Thomas Huxley

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The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders and commit the fewest sins. – Thomas Huxley

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I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer. – Thomas Huxley

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Nature is commanded by obeying her. – Francis Bacon

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Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common. – Denis Diderot

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Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office. – Hubert H. Humphrey

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The body is a sacred garment. – Martha Graham

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A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar. – Confucius, Analects

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Dont wish me happiness – I dont expect to be happy its gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor – I will need them all. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know. – Harry S. Truman

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