Herbert Spencer

We too often forget that not only is there 'a soul of goodness in things evil,' but very generally also, a soul of truth in things erroneous.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.

A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.

Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.

People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.

Government is essentially immoral.

All socialism involves slavery.

Marriage: A word which should be pronounced 'mirage'.

Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.

The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.

When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.

In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances.

The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.