Moon Unit Zappa Quotes


There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation. Herbert Spencer Questions 220
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all argument and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance. This principle is contempt prior to examination. Herbert Spencer Insults 176
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. Herbert Spencer Action 173
Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society. Herbert Spencer Society 154
What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man. Herbert Spencer Uncategorized 111
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. Herbert Spencer Absurdity 111
A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it. Herbert Spencer Change 110
Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity. Herbert Spencer Civilization 107
Life is the continuous adjustment of external relations. Herbert Spencer Life 93
It was remarked to me by the late Mr. Charles Roupell . . . that to play billiards well was a sign of an ill-spent youth. Herbert Spencer Youth 91
All socialism involves slavery. That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labours under coercion to satisfy anothers desires. Herbert Spencer 91
The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing. Herbert Spencer Nature 83
We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one. Herbert Spencer Freedom 83
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. Herbert Spencer Law 78
Time: that which man is always trying to kill, ends in killing him. Herbert Spencer Time 75
The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality. Herbert Spencer Health 73
Government is essentially immoral. Herbert Spencer Government 72
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts. Herbert Spencer Words 71
Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror. Herbert Spencer Government 67
Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded. Herbert Spencer Poetry 65
Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman. Herbert Spencer Marriage 65
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. Herbert Spencer Education 65
Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources. Herbert Spencer Happiness 64
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future. Herbert Spencer Future 62
The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is - a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, accompanying the dissipation of motion and integration of matter. Herbert Spencer Change 59
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools. Herbert Spencer Law 59
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future. Herbert Spencer Wisdom 59
Rightness expresses of actions, what straightness does of lines; and there can no more be two kinds of right action than there can be two kinds of straight lines. Herbert Spencer Action 59
The question of questions for the politicians should ever be-What type of social structure am I tending to produce? But this is a question he never entertains. Herbert Spencer Politics 58
Science is organized knowledge. Herbert Spencer Science 56
A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance. Herbert Spencer Justice 53
Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold. Herbert Spencer Risk 51
No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy. Herbert Spencer 48
The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong. Herbert Spencer Blind 38
Marriage: A word which should be pronounced mirage. Herbert Spencer Marriage 38
Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost. Herbert Spencer Royalty 37
People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal. Herbert Spencer Success 35
Love is life's end, but never ending. Love is life's wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love's life's reward, rewarded in rewarding. Herbert Spencer Love 35
In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances. Herbert Spencer Change 31
No man is equal to his book. All the best products of his mental activity go into his book where they come separated from the mass of inferior products with which they are mingled in his daily talk. Herbert Spencer Hero 31

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