Mill, John Stuart

"Originality is not reviled but discouraged because it challenges established ways of thinking."

"Great minds require great subjects to work upon."

"The complete maintenance of the public functions by unexcused non-performance is a state crime."

"Morality and happiness are inseparable when properly understood."

"The power of resisting the tyranny of nature and circumstance is the nearest approach to virtue."

"The progress of society is not inevitable but depends upon the efforts and wisdom of its members."

"Custom is like a devouring monster which will devour all rational thought."

"Self-interest rightly understood is not the same as selfishness."

"The natural order of development in human beings is not fixed but plastic and subject to change."

"It is the privilege of the strong to protect the weak."

"The cultivation of the sensibilities is not a luxury but a necessity of true humanity."

"Comfort and security alone make no man truly happy."

"The habit of listening to diverse opinions strengthens the mind."

"To educate the people is the most radical political reform."

"The higher faculties of the human mind are called into full activity only by adversity."

"Truth is the supreme good in the intellectual world."

"The intellect is the guide of the better nature of man."

"No society can exist unless conscience operates."

"The evidence of facts is the only basis of true knowledge."

"To do what one has been accustomed to do is the nature of habit."

"The character of the individual is formed by his choices, not his circumstances."

"Intellectual cowardice is the greatest sin."

"The union of two beings in one is the noblest expression of human attachment."

"Freedom is the condition of all good and the negation of it is the root of all evil."

"The first thing that struck me was the necessity of a psychological foundation for all moral principles."

"The measure of civilization is the measure of the position of women in society."

"Experience with human nature shows that the propensity to dominate is nearly universal."

"Moral progress depends on the extension of the sentiment of justice to all sentient beings."

"The happiness which comes through virtue is the only reliable happiness."

"Without struggle there is no progress toward genuine development."