John Stuart Mill

"Great minds are always of the same religion—and wise men never tell it."

"The great question of life is to know what is right and to do it."

"Among all the kinds of qualities that men exhibit, none is more marked than their reluctance to acknowledge ideas that did not originate with themselves."

"Whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report—think on these things."

"Character is formed, not by laws and institutions alone, but by the habitual modes of action and thinking of the people."

"Love selects for itself the highest beauties which the world contains, but it will find them in the human face and form."

"The greatest proof of Christianity for others is not argument but conduct."

"All sciences are now connected together; no science can be studied profitably by itself alone."

"Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends."

"In proportion as mankind advances, the next generation has always been an object of solicitude to the preceding one."

"Mankind are greater gainers by suffering, as the production of important truths is owing to the heroic struggles of individuals to withstand oppression."

"Whatever can be theoretically conceived can be practically realized."

"It may be that some degree of unselfishness is absolutely necessary to the existence of society; but beyond the degree necessary for the purpose of society, it is not required."

"One thing we must always remember is that if we ever reach the point of perfect social adjustment among ourselves as a race, we shall have removed one of the most essential condiments of human happiness."

"The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence."

"The demand for something in the human heart is always the prerequisite for its supply."

"Art is not meant to be democratic; it is meant to be truthful."

"Social freedom is requisite for the development of human capacities."