John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873) was an English philosopher, political economist and ci...
Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience. John Stuart Mill
Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.
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.
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?
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.
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.
If any opinion is compelled to silence, that opinion may, for aught we can certainly know, be true. To deny this is to assume our own infallibility. John Stuart Mill
If any opinion is compelled to silence, that opinion may, for aught we can certainly know, be true. To deny this is to assume our own infallibility.
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.
The disease which inflicts bureaucracy and what they usually die from is routine. John Stuart Mill
The disease which inflicts bureaucracy and what they usually die from is routine.
What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs. John Stuart Mill
What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. John Stuart Mill
Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.
Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends. John Stuart Mill
Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends.
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.