Oh, man! Live your own life and no longer be wretched!
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUWhat good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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The sociable man, always outside himself, is capable of living only in the opinions of others and, so to speak, derives the sentiment of his own existence solely from their judgment.
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Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.
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But in some great souls, who consider themselves as citizens of the world, and forcing the imaginary barriers that separate people from people.
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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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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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Every artists wants to be applauded
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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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There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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All my misfortunes come of having thought too well of my fellows.
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I am a hundred times happier in my solitude than I could be if I lived among them.
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The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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If we assume man has been corrupted by an artificial civilization, what is the natural state? the state of nature from which he has been removed? imagine, wandering up and down the forest without industry, without speech, and without home.
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I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.
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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.
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