Herbert Spencer Quotes:- Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era.
Inspirational Herbert Spencer Quotes
“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
“The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.”-Herbert Spencer
“Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.”-Herbert Spencer
“When a man’s knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.”-Herbert Spencer
“Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.”-Herbert Spencer
“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.”-Herbert Spencer
“The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.”-Herbert Spencer
“A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.”-Herbert Spencer
“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.”-Herbert Spencer
“Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.”-Herbert Spencer
Famous Herbert Spencer Quotes
“Education has for its object the formation of character.”-Herbert Spencer
“What a cage is to the wild beast, the law is to the selfish man.”-Herbert Spencer
“Hero-worship is strongest where there is the least regard for human freedom.”-Herbert Spencer
“In science, the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.”-Herbert Spencer
“The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.”-Herbert Spencer
“Who indeed, after pulling off the colored glasses of prejudice and thrusting out of sight his pet projects, can help to see the folly of these endeavors to protect men against themselves? A sad population of imbeciles would our schemers fill the world with, could their plans last.”-Herbert Spencer
“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.”-Herbert Spencer
“People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.”-Herbert Spencer
