"Education has for its object the formation of…" — Herbert Spencer

"Education has for its object the formation of character."

— Herbert Spencer

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113 Quotes by Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer has 113 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art.
Organs, faculties, powers, capacities, or whatever else we call them; grow by use and diminish from disuse, it is inferred…
When you take comprehensive, then we're dealing with certain issues like full citizenship ... And whatever else we disagree on,…
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the…
Mental power cannot be got from ill-fed brains.
A nation's institutions and beliefs are determined by it's character.
No physiologist who calmly considers the question in connection with the general truths of his science, can long resist the…
The existence of a first cause of the universe is a necessity of thought ... Amid the mysteries which become…
If men use their liberty in such a way as to surrender their liberty, are they thereafter any the less…
A man's liberties are none the less aggressed upon because those who coerce him do so in the belief that…
People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
Society exists for the benefit of its members - not the members for the benefit of society.

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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good… — Hannah Arendt
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition… — Aristotle
One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about… — J. J. Abrams
My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was… — Lance Armstrong
Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting. — Darren Aronofsky
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a… — Rowan Atkinson
When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things -… — Rowan Atkinson

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