Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"How can we love what is foreign to our nature?"

"Every failure is a step toward success."

"Sleep is the peace of the body; virtue is the peace of the soul."

"Time flies, forgotten are the earth and heaven."

"Women have the same right as men to be free."

"The source of all our misery is the slavery of the human race."

"Pity is natural to man; compassion is his greatest virtue."

"The first principle of virtue is resolution; the second is courage."

"Love is a state of being in which one finds oneself in the presence of another."

"The social contract is the source of all legitimate government."

"Man is born good; it is society that corrupts him."

"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"False shame accompanies false virtue."

"The best and most important part of every man is his mind."

"Wars begin in the minds of men."

"Is there any state more pitiable than that of a man in solitude?"

"The social order is a sacred right which is the basis of all other rights."

"To preserve one's nature is to preserve oneself."

"The most dangerous moment comes with victory."

"If you wish to cultivate virtue, practice it."

"Death is not an evil, for it frees us from the fear of death."

"The general will cannot be represented."

"Absolute power corrupts absolutely, and those who wield it become slaves to it."

"Suffering ennobles the character."

"The more I reflect upon things, the more I am persuaded of their unity."

"Luxury and virtue are incompatible."

"The best government is that which brings the people closest to a state of nature."

"Give a man education, and he will become a better man."

"The duty to obey is founded on the duty to be obedient."

"True love is rare; false love is common."