Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained.

Quote by John Stuart Mill

Topics: Courage Quotes, Genius Quotes

All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a...

All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a...

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself...

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself...

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it...

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it...

The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these...

The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these...

Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend...

Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend...

As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever renewing fight for ascendancy...

As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever renewing fight for ascendancy...

One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only...

One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only...

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.

That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.

The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.

The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.

Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is...

Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is...

The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of...

The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of...

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.

It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil...

It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil...

As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons...

As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons...

The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power...

The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power...

When the land is cultivated entirely by the spade, and no horses are kept, a...

When the land is cultivated entirely by the spade, and no horses are kept, a...

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his...

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his...

In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and...

In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and...

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.