Since reasoning , or inference, the principal subject of logic, is an operation which usually takes place by means of words ,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
No one can be a great thinker who does not recognize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“People think genius a fine thing if it enables a man to write an exciting poem, or paint a picture, But in… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Education makes a man a more intelligent shoemaker, if that be his occupation, but not by teaching him how to make shoes;… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“No one can be a great thinker who does not recognize, that as a thinker his first duty is to follow his… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Almost all rich veins of original and striking speculation have been opened by systematic half-thinkers. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Persons of genius are, ex vi termini, more individual than any other people - less capable, consequently, of fitting themselves, without hurtful… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Who can compute what the world loses in the multitude of promising intellects combined with timid characters, who dare not follow out… — 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 Image
Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The successful conduct of an industrial enterprise requires two quite distinct qualifications: fidelity and zeal. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“[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 Image
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 Image
