Inspired By Wisdom

Hell is truth seen too late.  - Thomas Hobbes

Is it possible for a man to move the earth? Yes; but he must first find out another earth to stand upon.  -  Jeremy Bentham

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them. ―  John Stuart Mill

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. - Thomas Hobbes

Reputation is the road to power. -  Jeremy Bentham

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. - John Stuart Mill The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone. - Thomas Hobbes

Every law is an infraction of liberty. -  Jeremy Bentham

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

During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man. - Thomas Hobbes

Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about.  -  Jeremy Bentham

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives. - John Stuart Mill

Curiosity is the lust of the mind. - Thomas Hobbes

Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet. -  Jeremy Bentham

That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself. - Thomas Hobbes

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. - John Stuart Mill

...the rarest of all human qualities is consistency. -  Jeremy Bentham

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests. - John Stuart Mill

In the state of nature profit is the measure of right. - Thomas Hobbes

The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but "Can they suffer? -  Jeremy Bentham

Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain. - John Stuart Mill

Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation. - Thomas Hobbes

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. - Rene Descartes

And what is the greatest number? Number one. - David Hume

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. - Rene Descartes

It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom. - David Hume

Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterward to solve other problems. - Rene Descartes

Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected. - David Hume

I think; therefore I am. - Rene Descartes

Custom is the great guide to human life. - David Hume