Herbert Spencer
6 quotes.
Quotes by Herbert Spencer
- Education has for its object the formation of character.
- Not education, but character, is man’s greatest need and man’s greatest safeguard.
- Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
- The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
- The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
- The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.