"Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah." ― Thomas Huxley Topic(s): Wisdom Tags: prophets, reckons, science More From Thomas Huxley "History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions." "I believe that history might be, and ought to be, taught in a new fashion so as to make the meaning of it as a process of evolution intelligible to the young." "I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men." More In Wisdom "Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is imortal."― Isocrates "Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest."― Pindar "Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles."― Estelle Getty