The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. Herbert Spencer
Education has for its object the formation of character. Herbert Spencer
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts. Herbert Spencer
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. Herbert Spencer
Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman. Herbert Spencer
Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society. Herbert Spencer
Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold. Herbert Spencer
Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect. Herbert Spencer
Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom. Herbert Spencer
This survival of the fittest which I have here sought to express in mechanical terms, is that which Mr. Darwin has called ‘natural selection’, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. Herbert Spencer