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Life Quotes by John Stuart Mill
- Human beings are not like sheep; and even sheep are not undistinguishably alike. A man cannot get a coat or a pair oboots to fit…
- I confess that I am not charmed with the ideal of life held out by those who think that the normal state of human beings…
- Human beings are no longer born to their place in life...but are free to employ their faculties and such favorable chances as offer, to achieve…
- There is one plain rule of life. Try thyself unweariedly till thou findest the highest thing thou art capable of doing, faculties and outward circumstances…
- Men and governments must act to the best of their ability. There is no such thing as absolute certainty but there is assurance sufficient for…
- [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…
- One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
- Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.
- A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.
- There is always need of persons not only to discover new truths, and point out when what were once truths are true no longer, but…
- It is part of the irony of life that the strongest feelings of devoted gratitude of which human nature seems to be susceptible, are called…
- But these few are the salt of the earth; without them, human life would become a stagnant pool. Not only is it they who introduce…
- Society can and does execute its own mandates: and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right, or any mandates at all in things with…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle