Absolute morality is the regulation of conduct in such a way that pain shall not be inflicted.
More Quotes from Herbert Spencer:
Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.Herbert Spencer
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation
Herbert Spencer
The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.
Herbert Spencer
Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
Herbert Spencer
When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
Herbert Spencer
Marriage: A word which should be pronounced "mirage".
Herbert Spencer
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Law & Regulation Quotes, Morality Quotes, Pain QuotesIt is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.
George Eliot
What are Raphael's Madonnas but the shadow of a mother's love, fixed in permanent outline forever?
Thomas Wentworth
I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
Florynce R. Kennedy