Herbert Spencer

"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."

"In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances."

"The great aim of education is not knowledge but action."

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

"We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one."

"Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom."