A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.
Herbert SpencerA function to each organ, and each organ to its own function, is the law of all organization.
Herbert SpencerThe belief, not only of the socialist but of those so-called liberals who are diligently preparing the way for them is that by due skill an ill working humanity may be framed into well-working initiations. It is delusion. The defective natures of citizens will show themselves in bad acting of whatever social structure they are arranged into. There is no political alchemy by which you can get golden conduct out of laden instincts.
Herbert Spencer