Herbert Spencer Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.”

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

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

“No 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.”

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

“What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.”

“The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is - a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, accompanying the dissipation of motion and integration of matter.”

“All socialism involves slavery.”

“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.”