13 quotes
“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction”
“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends than that good men should look on and do nothing”
“The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way.”
“The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius and vigor it contained.”
“To do as one would be done by, and to love one's neighbour as oneself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality.”
“He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. Peace requires understanding all sides.”
“Liberty consists in doing what one desires.”
“Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.”
“The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do.”
“I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires rather than in attempting to satisfy them”
“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.”
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