“When innocent and virtuous men liked to have gods as witnesses of their actions, they lived with them in the same huts.… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles. — Jean Jacques Rousseau Born free Copy Share Image
“Our wisdom is slavish prejudice, our customs consist in control, constraint, compulsion. Civilised man is born and dies a slave. The infant… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Culture Copy Share Image
“A taste for ostentation is rarely associated in the same souls with a taste for honesty. No, it is not possible that… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Psychology Copy Share Image
“Happiness is a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.” — Jean Jacques Rousseau Bank account Copy Share Image
“What good is it looking for our happiness in the opinion of others if we can find it in ourselves?” — Jean Jacques Rousseau Happiness Copy Share Image
“I can discover nothing in any mere animal but an ingenious machine, to which nature has given senses to wind itself up,… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Animals Copy Share Image
“In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist. It is against natural order… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Democracy Copy Share Image
“I know the feelings of my heart, and I know men. I am not made like any of those I have seen;… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Identity Copy Share Image
“Gambling is only the resource of those who do not know what to do with themselves” — Jean Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“Nowadays, when more subtle studies and more refined taste have reduced the art of pleasing into principles, a vile and misleading uniformity… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Art Copy Share Image
“In fact, the real source of all those differences, is that the savage lives within himself, whereas the citizen, constantly beside himself,… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Nature of man Copy Share Image
“Liberty is like rich food and strong wine: the strong natures accustomed to them thrive and grow even stronger on them; but… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Freedom Copy Share Image
“Girls should learn that so much finery is only put on to hide defects, and that the triumph of beauty is to… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Beauty Copy Share Image
“It is a great and beautiful spectacle to see a man somehow emerging from oblivion by his own efforts, dispelling with the… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Nature Copy Share Image
“In fact, the real source of all thosedifferences, is that the savage lives within himself, whereas thecitizen, constantly beside himself, knows only… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Nature of man Copy Share Image
“I will simply ask: What is philosophy? What do the writings of the best known philosophers contain? What are the lessons of… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Philosophy Copy Share Image
“I don't know how this lively and dumb scene would have ended , or how long I might have remained immoveable in… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“The mind has its needs, just as the body does. The latter are the foundations of society; from the former emerge the… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Politics Copy Share Image
“All ran to meet their chains thinking they secured their freedom, for although they had enough reason to feel the advantages of… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Freedom Copy Share Image
“Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.” — Jean Jacques Rousseau Inspirational Copy Share Image
“But so long as power remains by itself on one side, and enlightenment and wisdom isolated on the other, wise men will… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Buddhism Copy Share Image
What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness? — Jean Jacques Rousseau Kindness Copy Share Image
What wisdom can you find greater than kindness......... — Jean Jacques Rousseau Kindness Copy Share Image
