Herbert Spencer Quotes About Soul

Quotes about: Soul

• The cruelty of a Fijian god, who, represented as devouring the souls of the dead, may be supposed to inflict torture during the process, is small compared with the cruelty of a God who condemns men to tortures which are eternal.

  Herbert Spencer

  Men, Soul, Atheism

  Herbert Spencer (1920). “The Principles of Sociology”

• We too often forget that not only is there 'a soul of goodness in things evil,' but very generally also, a soul of truth in things erroneous.

  Herbert Spencer

  Evil, Soul, Forget

  Herbert Spencer (1864). “First Principles”, p.3

• The white light of truth, in traversing the many sided transparent soul of the poet, is refracted into iris-hued poetry.

  Herbert Spencer

  Light, White, Poetry

  Herbert Spencer (1871). “Essays: Moral, Political and Aesthetic”, p.31

• Those whose hardships are set forth in pamphlets and proclaimed in sermons and speeches which echo throughout society, are assumed to be all worthy souls, grievously wronged; and none of them are thought of as bearing the penalties of their misdeeds.

  Herbert Spencer

  Echoes, Soul, Hardship

  Herbert Spencer (2016). “The Man versus the State: Great Essays”, p.20, VM eBooks

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