John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873) was an English philosopher, political economist and ci...
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them. John Stuart Mill
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field. John Stuart Mill
Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field.
The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do. John Stuart Mill
The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do.
He who lets the world choose his plan of life for him has need of no other faculty than that of ape-like imitation. John Stuart Mill
He who lets the world choose his plan of life for him has need of no other faculty than that of ape-like imitation.
Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. John Stuart Mill
Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
So true is that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural. John Stuart Mill
So true is that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural.
To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors. John Stuart Mill
To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind. John Stuart Mill
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. John Stuart Mill
It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.
It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak. John Stuart Mill
It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
How can great minds be produced in a country where the test of great minds is agreeing in the opinion of small minds? John Stuart Mill
How can great minds be produced in a country where the test of great minds is agreeing in the opinion of small minds?
No one can be a great thinker who does not recognize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead. John Stuart Mill
No one can be a great thinker who does not recognize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead.
