A Quote by Thomas Huxley
It is the customary fate of new truths, to begin as heresies, and to end as superstitions.
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History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.
There are several kinds of truths, and it is customary to place in the first order mathematical truths, which are, however, only truths of definition. These definitions rest upon simple, but abstract, suppositions, and all truths in this category are only constructed, but abstract, consequences of these definitions ... Physical truths, to the contrary, are in no way arbitrary, and do not depend on us.
Truths begin by a conflict with the police - and end by calling them in.
Superstitions are, for the most part, but the shadows of great truths.
Heresy is the lifeblood of religions. It is faith that begets heresies. There are no heresies in a dead religion.
You grow old when you lose interest in life, when you cease to dream, to hunger after new truths, and to search for new worlds to conquer. When your mind is open to new ideas, new interests, and when you raise the curtain and let in the sunshine and inspiration of new truths of life and the universe, you will be young and vital.
There are no new lies, no new heresies. Man is simply not that creative.
I could never begin a poem: 'When I am dead' In case it tempted Fate, and Fate gave way.
Jesus Christ doesn’t just give us truths; he is the truth. Jesus Christ is the prophet to end all prophets. He gives us hard-copy words from God, truths on which we can build our lives, truths we have to submit to, truths we have to obey, and truths we have to build our lives on, but he himself is the truth.
How surprisingly alive false ideas are! They even have their own evolution. At first they are highfalutin' 'truths,' then humdrum 'laws,' and finally superstitions.
Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition.
Customs are made for customary circumstances, and customary characters.
Krushna is my boyfriend but my life doesn't begin and end with him and neither does his professional career begin and end with me.
The end of 'The End' is the best place to begin 'The End', because if you read 'The End' from the beginning of the beginning of 'The End' to the end of the end of 'The End', you will arrive at the end.
There is always need of persons not only to discover new truths, and point out when what were once truths are true no longer, but also to commence new practices, and set the example of more enlightened conduct, and better taste and sense in human life.
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