One does not drink. One gives a kiss to his glass, and the wine returns a caress to you.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUTo write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties – of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence.
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Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Maker of the world, but degenerates once it gets into the hands of man
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Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
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Girls should learn that so much finery is only put on to hide defects, and that the triumph of beauty is to shine by itself.
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I have never thought, for my part, that man’s freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be forced to do what is against his will.
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My birth was my first misfortune.
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To renounce freedom is to renounce one’s humanity, one’s rights as a man and equally one’s duties.
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There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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From this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
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I feel an indescribable ecstasy and delirium in melting, as it were, into the system of being, in identifying myself with the whole of nature.
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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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We cannot teach children the danger of lying to men without feeling as men, the greater danger of lying to children.
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If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.
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The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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