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John Stuart Mill

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Quotes by John Stuart Mill

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse."

- John Stuart Mill

Courage

"Landlords grow rich in their sleep."

- John Stuart Mill

Success

"Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economizing."

- John Stuart Mill

Success

"The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself."

- John Stuart Mill

Responsibility

"A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury."

- John Stuart Mill

Responsibility

"I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them."

- John Stuart Mill

Contentment