A stern discipline pervades all nature, which is a little cruel that it may be very kind

Quote by Herbert Spencer

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Government is essentially immoral.

Government is essentially immoral.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against...

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against...

Science is organized knowledge.

Science is organized knowledge.

The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this...

The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this...

Every cause produces more than one effect.

Every cause produces more than one effect.

All socialism involves slavery

All socialism involves slavery

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one...

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one...

The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must...

The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must...

Marriage: A word which should be pronounced mirage.

Marriage: A word which should be pronounced mirage.

Science is organized knowledge.

Science is organized knowledge.

Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.

Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he...

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he...

Time: That which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him

Time: That which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him

We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.

We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.

What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.

What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry...

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry...

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it...

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it...

A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes...

A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes...

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances.

In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances.