Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"The human soul expands when it contemplates the sublime."

"What wisdom can you find greater than kindness?"

"I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices."

"The voice of the people is the voice of God."

"Man's capacity for improvement is boundless."

"The possession of knowledge does not open up the gates of wisdom."

"Fear not; for fear is the greatest obstacle to truth."

"The greatest danger to liberty is the concentration of power."

"We do not live to work; we work to live."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

"The beginning of all science is the desire to know."

"Nothing is impossible to a man who will try."

"The strength of a nation lies in the hearts of its men."

"If you wish to be happy, be content with what you have."

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

"Nature speaks to those who listen."

"The greatest happiness is to be at peace with oneself."

"A man is wise not by what he knows, but by how he acts on what he knows."

"The bonds of family are the strongest bonds of all."

"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."

"To live without philosophy is to live without wisdom."