Over 40,000 Famous Quotes Sorted By Topic and Author

Aggression which is flagitious when committed by one, is not sanctioned when committed by a host.
Topic: Aggression
Author: Herbert Spencer
Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
Topic: Evolution
Author: Herbert Spencer
This survival of the fittest, which I have here sought to express in mechanical terms, is that which Mr. Darwin has called "natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life."
Topic: Evolution
Author: Herbert Spencer
Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
Topic: Life
Author: Herbert Spencer
Marriage: A word which should be pronounced "mirage";.
Topic: Marriage
Author: Herbert Spencer
Music must rank as the highest of the arts -- more than any other, it ministers to human welfare.
Topic: Music
Author: Herbert Spencer
Science is organised knowledge.
Topic: Science
Author: Herbert Spencer
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
Topic: Words
Author: Herbert Spencer
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