Quote by John Stuart Mill
"The person who lets the world choose his plan of life for him has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation. He might as well dispense with the human faculty of choice."
More from John Stuart Mill
"It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied."
"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way."
"Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness."
"The person who can be only an easy optimist is a coward."