The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.

Quote by John Stuart Mill

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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...

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...

Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience...

Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience...

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is...

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is...

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that...

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that...

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

Men might as well be imprisoned, as excluded from the means of earning their bread.

Men might as well be imprisoned, as excluded from the means of earning their bread.

He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that.

He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that.

Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount...

Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount...

Language is the light of the mind

Language is the light of the mind

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in...

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in...

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a...

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a...

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded...

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded...

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.

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...

Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the...

Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the...

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

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

All political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest, originate in moral revolutions. The subversion of...

All political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest, originate in moral revolutions. The subversion of...

We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of...

We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion 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.