Herbert Spencer

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

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

“Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.”

“Love 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.”

“Science is organized knowledge.”

“Every cause produces more than one effect.”

“Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.”

“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.”

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

“Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.”

“Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.”

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

“Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.”

“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.”

“An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.”

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

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

“Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.”

“A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.”

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