Herbert Spencer ( 10 of 11 )
Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent
homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent
homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
Music must rank as the highest of the arts -- more than any other, it ministers to human welfare.
Music must rank as the highest of the arts -- more than any other, it ministers to human welfare.
Aggression which is flagitious when committed by one, is not sanctioned when committed by a host.
Aggression which is flagitious when committed by one, is not sanctioned when committed by a host.
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot read more
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
Marriage: A word which should be pronounced "mirage";.
Marriage: A word which should be pronounced "mirage";.
The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action
The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action
This survival of the fittest, which I have here sought to express
in mechanical terms, is that which Mr. read more
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."
A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance
A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance