Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society. – Herbert Spencer
The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality. – Herbert Spencer
Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded. – Herbert Spencer
Education has for its object the formation of character. – Herbert Spencer
I do feel like I have always, in my life, been inclined to be on the outside, walk a different path or something. Because of that, and increasingly over the years, my sense of distance from mainstream society or from the way culture works, I have a different kind of perception of it. – Ian MacKaye