As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does it matter to me?" the State may be given up for lost.
Jean-Jacques RousseauHer 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 RousseauEvery man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?
Jean-Jacques RousseauTeach your scholar to observe the phenomena of nature; you will soon rouse his curiosity, but if you would have it grow, do not be in too great a hurry to satisfy this curiosity. Put the problems before him and let him solve them himself. Let him know nothing because you have told him, but because he has learnt it for himself. Let him not be taught science, let him discover it. If ever you substitute authority for reason he will cease to reason; he will be a mere plaything of other people's thoughts.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau