“Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.”
Truth
“No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.”
MenAll Quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Nature never deceives us it is we who deceive ourselves.”
Nature“Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.”
Education“Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.”
Knowledge“Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.”
Death“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.”
Great“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?”
Wisdom“The world of reality has its limits the world of imagination is boundless.”
Imagination“I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator. I want to set before my fellow human beings a man in every way true to nature and that man will be myself.”
Nature“God made me and broke the mold.”
God“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
Patience“No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another.”
Death“We are born weak, we need strength helpless, we need aid foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.”
Education“Base souls have no faith in great individuals.”
Faith“Plant and your spouse plants with you weed and you weed alone.”
Alone“Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.”
War“Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.”
Happiness“Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.”
Women“No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.”
Men“Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.”
Knowledge