John Stuart Mill

12 quotations
The most important thing women have to do is to stir up the zeal of women themselves.
John Stuart Mill · Feminism
Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.
John Stuart Mill · Happiness
That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.
John Stuart Mill · Individuality
What ever crushes individuality is despotism, no matter what name it is called.
John Stuart Mill · Individuality
He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that.
John Stuart Mill · Knowledge
All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.
John Stuart Mill · Originality
Originality is the one thing unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.
John Stuart Mill · Originality
One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.
John Stuart Mill · Belief
The disease which inflicts bureaucracy and what they usually die from is routine.
John Stuart Mill · Bureaucracy
To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.
John Stuart Mill · Understanding
Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.
John Stuart Mill · Conservatives
The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.
John Stuart Mill · Custom

Subjects John Stuart Mill spoke about

Belief Bureaucracy Conservatives Custom Feminism Happiness Individuality Knowledge Originality Understanding