It is as if my heart and my brain did not belong to the same person. Feelings come quicker than lightning and fill my soul, but they bring me no illumination; they burn me and dazzle me. Jean-Jacques Rousseau More Quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau More Quotes From Jean-Jacques Rousseau Since men cannot create new forces, but merely combine and control those which already exist, the only way in which they can preserve themselves is by uniting their separate powers in a combination strong enough to overcome any resistance, uniting them so that their powers are directed by a single motive and act in concert. Jean-Jacques Rousseau strongmenway Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of her family. Jean-Jacques Rousseau husbandmomworld To renounce freedom is to renounce one's humanity, one's rights as a man and equally one's duties. Jean-Jacques Rousseau humanityrightsmen When my reason is afloat, my faith cannot long remain in suspense, and I believe in God as firmly as in any other truth whatever; in short, a thousand motives draw me to the consolatory side, and add the weight of hope to the equilibrium of reason. Jean-Jacques Rousseau faithlongbelieve Men speak from knowledge, women from imagination. Jean-Jacques Rousseau speakimaginationmen To study men, we must look close by; to study man, we must learn to look afar; if we are to discover essential characteristics, we must first observe differences. Jean-Jacques Rousseau discoverymenscience If Socrates died like a philosopher, Jesus Christ died like a God. Jean-Jacques Rousseau philosopherchristianjesus The writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never any soul. Jean-Jacques Rousseau souldesirewriting The abuse of books kills science. Believing that we know what we have read, we believe that we can dispense with learning it. Jean-Jacques Rousseau abusebelievebook To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written. Jean-Jacques Rousseau writinglovemean To try to conceal our own heart is a bad means to read that of others. Jean-Jacques Rousseau hearttryingmean War then, is a relation - not between man and man but between state and state and individuals are enemies only accidentally not as men, nor even as citizens but as soldiers not as members of their country, but as its defenders Jean-Jacques Rousseau menwarcountry Love, known to the person by whom it is inspired, becomes more bearable. Jean-Jacques Rousseau bearableinspiredpersons Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity. Jean-Jacques Rousseau good-manpaymen A born king is a very rare being. Jean-Jacques Rousseau social-contractbornkings I only see clearly what I remember. Jean-Jacques Rousseau remember There is not a single ill-doer who could not be turned to some good. Jean-Jacques Rousseau doersill There is a period of life when we go back as we advance. Jean-Jacques Rousseau retrogradeprogressperiods I will say little of the importance of a good education; nor will I stop to prove that the current one is bad. Countless others have done so before me, and I do not like to fill a book with things everybody knows. I will note that for the longest time there has been nothing but a cry against the established practice without anyone taking it upon himself to propose a better one. The literature and the learning of our age tend much more to destruction than to edification. Jean-Jacques Rousseau educationalpracticebook Chemistry... is like the maid occupied with daily civilisation; she is busy with fertilisers, medicines, glass, insecticides ... for she dispenses the recipes. Jean-Jacques Rousseau medicineglassesscience
