Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
HERBERT SPENCERHero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
HERBERT SPENCERWhen a man’s knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
HERBERT SPENCERAn argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.
HERBERT SPENCERThe great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
HERBERT SPENCERWhat a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
HERBERT SPENCERObjects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
HERBERT SPENCERThe wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
HERBERT SPENCERThe fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.
HERBERT SPENCERLove is life’s end, but never ending. Love is life’s wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love’s life’s reward, rewarded in rewarding.
HERBERT SPENCERLife is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
HERBERT SPENCERWe all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
HERBERT SPENCERSociety exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
HERBERT SPENCERThe behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.
HERBERT SPENCERHow often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
HERBERT SPENCEREducation has for its object the formation of character.
HERBERT SPENCERMarriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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