Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"Work that is unloved is slavery to the spirit."

"A single act of kindness ripples through eternity."

"The pursuit of truth is the noblest human endeavor."

"Time teaches what space cannot: the value of being."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge of facts."

"The heart speaks a language that reason does not understand."

"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."

"The first man who, having enclosed a piece of land, took it into his head to say 'this is mine' and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society."

"Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves."

"Conscience is the voice of the soul."

"The body is weak and short-lived, the mind is vigorous and eternal."

"Real charity does not consist in alms, but in justice and benevolence."

"There is nothing to fear except fear itself in the heart of a free man."

"The love of truth is the most powerful instrument of knowledge."

"Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect."

"To love is to choose to believe in another person."

"The greatest gift we can give to humanity is our reason."

"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"Freedom is the ability to do what you truly desire."

"The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed."

"We are living only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting."

"The man who has lived the most is not he who has counted the most years, but he who has most felt life."

"To endure is the first thing a child ought to learn."

"The voice of truth is gentle but cannot be denied."

"Music is the language of angels."

"He who would be happy must not think of himself."

"The art of speaking is the art of being heard."

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

"Evil people are always surprised to find ability in those they have despised."