Marriage: A word which should be pronounced 'mirage'.

— Herbert Spencer

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

— Herbert Spencer

No man is equal to his book. All the best products of his mental activity go into his book, where they come separated from the mass of inferior products with which they are mingled in his daily talk.

— Herbert Spencer

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.

— Herbert Spencer

People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.

— Herbert Spencer

Science is organized knowledge.

— Herbert Spencer

Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.

— Herbert Spencer

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

— Herbert Spencer

The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.

— Herbert Spencer

The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.

— Herbert Spencer