People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal. -Herbert Spencer Success
Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror. -Herbert Spencer Government
When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion. -Herbert Spencer Knowledge
Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society. -Herbert Spencer Society
Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman. -Herbert Spencer Marriage
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 Government
The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality. -Herbert Spencer Health
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future. -Herbert Spencer Future
Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit. -Herbert Spencer Music
We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one. -Herbert Spencer Freedom
In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances. -Herbert Spencer Science
Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded. -Herbert Spencer Poetry
