"The most important attribute of man as a……" — Herbert Spencer

"The most important attribute of man as a moral being is the faculty of self-control."

— 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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But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be… — Aristotle
We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the… — Marcus Aurelius
To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities,… — Joseph Addison
Moping is an unattractive attribute in a man. — Graydon Carter
There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. — Agatha Christie
Unable to understand how or why the person we see behaves as he does, we attribute his behavior to a… — B.F. Skinner
Golf acts as a corrective against sinful pride. I attribute the insane arrogance of the later Roman Emperors almost entirely… — P.G. Wodehouse
Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute. — Bill Russell
We falsely attribute to men a determined character - putting together all their yesterdays - and averaging them - we… — Henry David Thoreau
Ambition is a commendable attribute, without which no man succeeds. Only inconsiderate ambition imperils. — Warren G. Harding
Novelty is an essential attribute of the beautiful. — Benjamin Disraeli
The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their… — Charles Darwin

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