Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think.
JOHN STUART MILLTruth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think.
JOHN STUART MILLThe fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing when it is no longer doubtful is the cause of half their errors.
JOHN STUART MILLSo Long as we do not harm others we should be free to think, speak, act, & live as we see fit, without molestation from individuals, law, or gov’t.
JOHN STUART MILLThe study of science teaches young men to think, while study of the classics teaches them to express thought.
JOHN STUART MILLThe despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.
JOHN STUART MILLHe who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice.
JOHN STUART MILLAlthough it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
JOHN STUART MILLThe liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.
JOHN STUART MILLHow can great minds be produced in a country where the test of great minds is agreeing in the opinion of small minds?
JOHN STUART MILLAll ideas need to be heard, because each idea contains one aspect of the truth. By examining that aspect, we add to our own idea of the truth. Even ideas that have no truth in them whatsoever are useful because by disproving them, we add support to our own ideas.
JOHN STUART MILLPleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends.
JOHN STUART MILLThere is the greatest difference between presuming an opinion to be true, because, with every opportunity for contesting it, it has not been refuted, and assuming its truth for the purpose of not permitting its refutation.
JOHN STUART MILLWith equality of experience and of general faculties, a woman usually sees much more than a man of what is immediately before her.
JOHN STUART MILLI have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
JOHN STUART MILLThe idea that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods, which most experience refutes. History is teeming with instances of truth put down by persecution. If not put down forever, it may be set back for centuries.
JOHN STUART MILLA democratic constitution, not supported by democratic institutions in detail, but confined to the central government, not only is not political freedom, but often creates a spirit precisely the reverse, carrying down to the lowest grade in society the desire and ambition of political domination.
JOHN STUART MILL