Thomas Huxley — People

A steel key tied with a dark green bow stands in a wooden block beside small leaves on pale grey. — Original artwork

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.

Thomas Huxley

A hammer poised above a ceramic pot filled with brass nails, with loose nails beside it on a plum-gray surface. — Original artwork

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

Thomas Huxley

A wide dish of assorted colored buttons beside a narrow glass tube filled with violet buttons. — Original artwork

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

Thomas Huxley