托馬斯·亨利·赫胥黎
英國(guó)博物學(xué)家、教育家
Science is simply common sense at its best—that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. ?
The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority as such. ?
Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. ?
The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. ?
Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. ?
The chess-board is the world; the pieces are the phenomena of the universe; the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. ?
Time is not a thing, thus we can neither waste nor save it; it is always with us. ?
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. ?
Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation. ?
The great end of life is not knowledge but action. ?
無(wú)人應(yīng)為其天性缺陷受全責(zé)；但若不加努力改正，便應(yīng)受責(zé)。
我所見(jiàn)人與動(dòng)物最顯著的區(qū)別不在于理性，而在于運(yùn)用理性的能力程度。
我認(rèn)為，一個(gè)人在青年時(shí)期得到如此訓(xùn)練，使身體隨時(shí)聽(tīng)命于意志，便是受過(guò)博雅教育。
自由與秩序并非不相容；真理即力量；自由討論是真理的生命。
熱切而強(qiáng)烈的渴望，是一切有效努力的泉源。
目標(biāo)的耐心與堅(jiān)韌，其價(jià)值兩倍于聰明。
科學(xué)的大悲劇——一個(gè)丑陋的事實(shí)扼殺了一個(gè)美麗的假說(shuō)。
在我看來(lái)，“一知半解是危險(xiǎn)的事”這句格言本身就很危險(xiǎn)。
關(guān)鍵不在于我們相信什么，而在于為何相信；道德責(zé)任由此開(kāi)始。