Spencer, Herbert

"Man is naturally selfish, yet necessarily social."

"Every action has its pleasures and its pains."

"The ultimate purpose of art is to produce beauty."

"The only true knowledge is knowing that you know nothing."

"Struggle is the only thing which keeps society alive."

"To comprehend is to incorporate the external into the internal."

"The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses."

"Those whom we call moral heroes are those who resist a thousand temptations which we never face."

"The capacity to endure suffering is not a mark of weakness."

"Progress is not an accident, but a necessity based on the nature of things."

"Misery is the parent of wisdom."

"The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts."

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

"The true nature of justice is to reward virtue and punish vice."

"Patience is the ornament of the brave."

"Freedom comes not from the absence of restriction, but from wise restriction."

"The pursuit of happiness must itself create the conditions of happiness."

"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."

"In the struggle for existence, it is the fittest who survive and pass on their inheritance."

"The function of literature is to represent life."

"That which is true must be true always."

"The greatest good is achieved through the smallest restraint."

"Even the most hard-won knowledge is but the accumulated wisdom of others."

"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being."

"The mind grows by what it feeds upon."

"Adventure is the spirit of every great achievement."

"The power of the individual is but a reflection of the power of society."

"Technology is the practical application of science."

"History teaches us nothing; it punishes us for ignoring its lessons."

"The best politics is no politics."