Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The moment one asks himself whether he is happy, he ceases to be so. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Who doubts that there may be great goodness, and great happiness, and great affection under the absolute government of a good man?… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Most persons have but a very moderate capacity of happiness. Expecting...in marriage a far greater degree of happiness than they commonly find,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Seeming contentment is real discontent, combined with indolence or self-indulgence, which, while taking no legitimate means of raising itself, delights in bringing… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Those only are happy … who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness, "a crisis in my… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so. The only chance is to treat not happiness, but some… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own happiness in our own way, so long as we… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
There are no means of finding what either one person or many can do, but by trying - and no means by… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Such are the differences among human beings in their sources of pleasure, their susceptibilities of pain, and the operation on them of… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
In a world in which there is so much to interest, so much to enjoy, and so much also to correct and… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
[I] put the question directly to myself: "Suppose that all your objects in life were realized; that all the changes in institutions… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Again, defenders of utility often find themselves called upon to reply to such objections as this—that there is not time, previous to… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest-Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“On the average, a person who cares for other people, for his country, or for mankind, is a happier man than one… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Though it is only in a very imperfect state of the world's arrangements that anyone can best serve the happiness of others… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“It is indisputable that the being whose capacities of enjoyment are low, has the greatest chance of having them fully satisfied; and… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“It results from the preceding considerations, that there is in reality nothing desired except happiness. Whatever is desired otherwise than as a… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The average condition of the people improving or deteriorating, depends upon whether population is advancing faster than improvement, or improvement than population. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
“No longer enslaved or made dependent by force of law, the great majority are so by force of poverty; they are still chained to… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
All acts suppose certain dispositions, and habits of mind and heart, which may be in themselves states of enjoyment or of wretchedness, and which… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
Unfortunately for the good sense of mankind, the fact of their fallibility is far from carrying the weight in their practical judgement, which is… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
“In history, as in traveling, men usually see only what they already had in their own minds; and few learn much from history, who… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
All errors which a man is likely to commit against advice are far outweighed by the evil of allowing others to constrain him for… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
The successful conduct of an industrial enterprise requires two quite distinct qualifications: fidelity and zeal. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
“[For people] to refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
This is what writers mean when they say that the notion of cause involves the idea of necessity. If there be any meaning which… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
“Protection, therefore, against tyranny of the magistrate is not enough: there needs protection also against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling; against… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economizing. The increase in the value of land, arising as it does from the… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
There is one characteristic of the present direction of public opinion, peculiarly calculated to make it intolerant of any marked demonstration of individuality. The… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
![“[I] put the question directly to myself: "Suppose that all your objects in life were realized; that all the changes in institutions and opinions which you are looking forward to, could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be a great joy and happiness to you?" And an…” quote by John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/464/john-stuart-mill-477_consciousness_i-put-the-question-directly-to-myself-su_1931447.png)
