"Language is the light of the mind" — John Stuart Mill

"Language is the light of the mind"

— John Stuart Mill

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248 Quotes by John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill has 248 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Liberty consists in doing what one desires.
So Long as we do not harm others we should be free to think, speak, act, & live as we…
We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we…
What citizens of a free country would listen to any offers of good and skillful administration in return for the…
Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed…
To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.
Human beings are not like sheep; and even sheep are not undistinguishably alike. A man cannot get a coat or…
That a thing is peculiar; is no argument for its being blamable; since the most criminal actions are to a…
The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing improvements on an…
Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to…
Accordingly, France Had Voltaire, and his school of negative thinkers, and England (or rather Scotland) had the profoundest negative thinker…
It appears, then, to be a condition of a genuinely scientific hypothesis, that it be not destined always to remain…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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