A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.
Herbert SpencerIt must be admitted that the conception of virtue cannot be separated from the conception of happiness-producing conduct.
Herbert SpencerMusic must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to human welfare.
Herbert SpencerIt is a mistake to assume that government must necessarily last forever. The institution marks a certain stage of civilization-is natural to a particular phase of human development. It is not essential, but incidental. As amongst the Bushmen we find a state antecedent to government, so may there be one in which it shall have become extinct.
Herbert Spencer