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

It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied； better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.

Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.

Liberty consists in doing what one desires.

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.

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

The tyranny of the magistrate is not less formidable than that of the multitude.

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

War is an ugly thing， but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war， is much worse.

The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race； posterity as well as the existing generation； those who dissent from the opinion， still more than those who hold it.

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community， against his will， is to prevent harm to others.

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.

The worth of a state， in the long run， is the worth of the individuals composing it.

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

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community， against his will， is to prevent harm to others.

Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness； wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.

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

It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied； better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.

War is an ugly thing， but not the ugliest of things； the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

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