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Thought is the labour of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

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

It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.

Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.

Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.

Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only hold man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.

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There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

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

...a man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.

In matters of intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard for any other consideration.

Veracity is the heart of morality.

The foundation of all morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying; to give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibilities of knowledge.

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. - Life and Letters of Thomas Huxley.