In science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
HERBERT SPENCERIn science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
HERBERT SPENCERObjects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
HERBERT SPENCERA living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.
HERBERT SPENCERWhen a man’s knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
HERBERT SPENCERGovernment is essentially immoral.
HERBERT SPENCERMarriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.
HERBERT SPENCEREducation has for its object the formation of character.
HERBERT SPENCERPeople are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
HERBERT SPENCERThe preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
HERBERT SPENCERNo one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.
HERBERT SPENCERThe behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.
HERBERT SPENCERWe all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
HERBERT SPENCERHow often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
HERBERT SPENCERHero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
HERBERT SPENCERDivine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
HERBERT SPENCERThe great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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