No philosopher's stone of a constitution can produce golden conduct from leaden instincts.
Herbert SpencerThose who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
Herbert SpencerThe freest form of government is only the least objectionable form. The rule of the many by the few we call tyranny: the rule of the few by the many is tyranny also; only of a less intense kind.
Herbert SpencerThe question of questions for the politicians should ever be-What type of social structure am I tending to produce? But this is a question he never entertains.
Herbert SpencerThe existence of a first cause of the universe is a necessity of thought ... Amid the mysteries which become more mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the one absolute certainty that we are over in the presence of an Infinite, Eternal Energy from which all things proceed.
Herbert Spencer