The law of the universe is evolution; stagnation is death. - Herbert Spencer

"The law of the universe is evolution; stagnation is death."

Herbert Spencer Nature

Philosopher Sociologist British 1820–1903

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"The great aim of education is not knowledge but action."

"Progress is not an accident but a necessity."

"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools."

"Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations."

"Nature teaches us about beauty."

"Nature teaches us patience and wisdom"

"Sometimes it snows in April."

"Every town has a soul, and Twin Peaks has a troubled one."