Spencer, Herbert

"The imagination transcends the limitations of the real world and its present conditions."

"The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure."

"All things evolve from lower to higher forms of organization."

"Excessive eating leads to excessive thinking."

"The instinct of self-preservation is universal among all creatures."

"To be a teacher is to accept responsibility for the character of the young."

"True beauty is not in the object but in the observer."

"The future of civilization rests on the intelligence and virtue of its people."

"Homage to custom is a necessary part of social organization."

"The intellectual life demands constant exercise of the critical faculty."

"Progress means a continual increase in the heterogeneity of the universe."

"The most effective education is that which teaches self-direction."

"Selfishness is the basis of social order."

"The aesthetic sentiment is not a luxury but a necessity."

"Death is the penalty of living."

"The happiness of the individual and the happiness of society are not opposed."

"Freedom is the condition of mental development."

"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of truth."

"Every social institution is an adaptation to environmental conditions."

"The power of the imagination is the power of the mind."

"Moral progress is the development from external regulation to internal self-governance."