--- title: "18 May Quotes By Herbert Spencer" description: "18 May quotes by Herbert Spencer. Plus more from Herbert Spencer and more May sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/herbert-spencer-1765_cruel_a-stern-discipline-pervades-all-nature-w_289375.jpg" --- > [A stern discipline pervades all nature, which is a little cruel that it may be very kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/a-stern-discipline-pervades-all-nature-which-is-a-little-cruel-that/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/herbert-spencer-1765_cruel_a-stern-discipline-pervades-all-nature-w_289375.jpg) > [Pervading all nature we may see at work a stern discipline , which is a little cruel that it may be very kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/pervading-all-nature-we-may-see-at-work-a-stern-discipline-which-is-a/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/herbert-spencer-1765_cruel_pervading-all-nature-we-may-see-at-work_810881.jpg) > [Architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and poetry, may truly be called the efflorescence of civilised life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/architecture-sculpture-painting-music-and-poetry-may-truly-be-called/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/288/herbert-spencer-1765_architecture_architecture-sculpture-painting-music-an_286002.jpg) > [Every man may claim the fullest liberty to exercise his faculties compatible with the possession of like liberties by every other man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/every-man-may-claim-the-fullest-liberty-to-exercise-his-faculties/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a5/herbert-spencer-1765_claims_every-man-may-claim-the-fullest-liberty_1009591.jpg) > [It becomes possible to admit that plainness may coexist with nobility of nature, and fine features with baseness; and yet to hold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/it-becomes-possible-to-admit-that-plainness-may-coexist-with-nobility/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d2/herbert-spencer-1765_baseness_it-becomes-possible-to-admit-that-plainn_1941118.jpg) > [If a single cell, under appropriate conditions, becomes a man in the space of a few years, there can surely be no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/if-a-single-cell-under-appropriate-conditions-becomes-a-man-in-the/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/herbert-spencer-1765_cell_if-a-single-cell-under-appropriate-condi_312655.jpg) > [Music may appeal to crude and coarse feelings or to refined and noble ones; and in so far as it does the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/music-may-appeal-to-crude-and-coarse-feelings-or-to-refined-and-noble/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/704/herbert-spencer-1765_appeals_music-may-appeal-to-crude-and-coarse-fee_316280.jpg) > [We have a priori reasons for believing that in every sentence there is some one order of words more effective than any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/we-have-a-priori-reasons-for-believing-that-in-every-sentence-there/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb6/herbert-spencer-1765_believe_we-have-a-priori-reasons-for-believing-t_3111008.jpg) > [No place, no company, no age, no person is temptation-free; let no man boast that he was never tempted, let him not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/no-place-no-company-no-age-no-person-is-temptation-free-let-no-man/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe5/herbert-spencer-1765_age_no-place-no-company-no-age-no-person-is_2601374.jpg) > [Regarding language as an apparatus of symbols for the conveyance of thought, we may say that, as in a mechanical apparatus, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/regarding-language-as-an-apparatus-of-symbols-for-the-conveyance-of/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2c/herbert-spencer-1765_effects_regarding-language-as-an-apparatus-of-sy_1514489.jpg) > [The cruelty of a Fijian god, who, represented as devouring the souls of the dead, may be supposed to inflict torture during…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/the-cruelty-of-a-fijian-god-who-represented-as-devouring-the-souls-of/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98f/herbert-spencer-1765_atheism_the-cruelty-of-a-fijian-god-who-represen_72171.jpg) > [It is a mistake to assume that government must necessarily last forever. The institution marks a certain stage of civilization-is natural to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/it-is-a-mistake-to-assume-that-government-must-necessarily-last/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8b/herbert-spencer-1765_assuming_it-is-a-mistake-to-assume-that-governmen_1935028.jpg) > [Even the absurdest report may in nearly every instance be traced to an actual occurrence; and had there been no such actual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/even-the-absurdest-report-may-in-nearly-every-instance-be-traced-to/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c43/herbert-spencer-1765_absence_even-the-absurdest-report-may-in-nearly_1858201.jpg) > [For what is meant by saying that a government ought to educate the people? Why should they be educated? What is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/for-what-is-meant-by-saying-that-a-government-ought-to-educate-the/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/herbert-spencer-1765_children_for-what-is-meant-by-saying-that-a-gover_2679427.jpg) > [There is a story of some mountains of salt in Cumana, which never diminished, though carried away in much abundance by merchants;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/there-is-a-story-of-some-mountains-of-salt-in-cumana-which-never/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/herbert-spencer-1765_abundance_there-is-a-story-of-some-mountains-of-sa_1391512.jpg) > [As there must be moderation in other things, so there must be moderation in self-criticism. Perpetual contemplation of our own actions produces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/as-there-must-be-moderation-in-other-things-so-there-must-be/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/327/herbert-spencer-1765_action_as-there-must-be-moderation-in-other-thi_147596.jpg) > [The belief, not only of the socialist but of those so-called liberals who are diligently preparing the way for them is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/the-belief-not-only-of-the-socialist-but-of-those-so-called-liberals/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/herbert-spencer-1765_acting_the-belief-not-only-of-the-socialist-but_502317.jpg) > [The chief arguments that are urged against an established religion, may be used with equal force against an established charity. The dissenter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/the-chief-arguments-that-are-urged-against-an-established-religion/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/herbert-spencer-1765_arguing_the-chief-arguments-that-are-urged-again_2736460.jpg) ## Other authors on May ## More by Herbert Spencer > [During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/during-human-progress-every-science-is-evolved-out-of-its/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) > [No physiologist who calmly considers the question in connection with the general truths of his science, can long resist the conviction that different parts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/no-physiologist-who-calmly-considers-the-question-in-connection-with/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) > [Any piece of knowledge which the pupil has himself acquired- any problem which he has himself solved, becomes, by virtue of the conquest, much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/any-piece-of-knowledge-which-the-pupil-has-himself-acquired-any/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) > [Conservatism defends those coercive arrangements which a still-lingering savageness makes requisite. Radicalism endeavours to realize a state more in harmony with the character of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/conservatism-defends-those-coercive-arrangements-which-a-still/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) > [Absolute morality is the regulation of conduct in such a way that pain shall not be inflicted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/absolute-morality-is-the-regulation-of-conduct-in-such-a-way-that/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) > [When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/when-a-man-s-knowledge-is-not-in-order-the-more-of-it-he-has-the/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) > [The cruelty of a Fijian god, who, represented as devouring the souls of the dead, may be supposed to inflict torture during the process,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/the-cruelty-of-a-fijian-god-who-represented-as-devouring-the-souls-of/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) > [The liberty the citizen enjoys is to be measured not by governmental machinery he lives under, whether representative or other, but by the paucity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/the-liberty-the-citizen-enjoys-is-to-be-measured-not-by-governmental/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) > [I had a great dislike to the annoyances entailed by baggage; and it was always with some feeling of elation that I cut myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/i-had-a-great-dislike-to-the-annoyances-entailed-by-baggage-and-it/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) > [Progress, therefore, is not an accident, but a necessity…It is a part of nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/progress-therefore-is-not-an-accident-but-a-necessity-it-is-a-part-of/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) > [Surely in much talk there cannot choose but be much vanity. Loquacity is the fistula of the mind,--ever-running and almost incurable, let every man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/surely-in-much-talk-there-cannot-choose-but-be-much-vanity-loquacity/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) > [No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/no-one-can-be-perfectly-free-till-all-are-free-no-one-can-be/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) > [Only when Genius is married to Science can the highest results be produced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/only-when-genius-is-married-to-science-can-the-highest-results-be/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) > [It cannot but happen?that those will survive whose functions happen to be most nearly in equilibrium with the modified aggregate of external forces? This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/it-cannot-but-happen-that-those-will-survive-whose-functions-happen/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) > [“Before he can remake his society, his society must make him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/before-he-can-remake-his-society-his-society-must-make-him/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/may/herbert-spencer/#itemlist", "name": "18 May Quotes By Herbert Spencer", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A stern discipline pervades all nature, which is a little cruel that it may be very kind.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Herbert Spencer" }, "url": 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