Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I have often observed that in order to be happy, one must be alone.

It is not enough to be happy, one must also be worthy of it.

The greatest evil is not poverty, but dependence.

The heart of man is a perpetual contradiction.

I have never been able to think of anything but what I felt.

The most dangerous of all errors is to believe that there is only one truth.

It is not by reasoning that one learns to reason.

The true philosopher is he who knows how to live.

I have always preferred the useful to the agreeable.

The only good government is that which is chosen by the people.

The more I study men, the more I realize that they are all alike.

The greatest pleasure is to do what others say you cannot do.

I have always loved the truth, even when it was against me.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

The heart of man is a book that only God can read.

I would rather be a man of feeling than a man of reason.

The greatest revolution is not in the world, but in the heart of man.

Conscience is the best of all oracles.

The right of suffrage is a right which nothing can take from the citizens.

To be independent, one must be self-sufficient.