"Those only are happy who have their minds……" — John Stuart Mill
"Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit, followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming thus at something else, they find happiness by the way."
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248 Quotes by John Stuart Mill
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Liberty consists in doing what one desires.
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To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.
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Any cat that misses a mouse pretends it was aiming for the dead leaf.
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The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside…
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He decided to give up his large ambition of knowledge and action for any narrow craft or profession, aiming at…
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