The most absolute authority is that which penetrates into a man's innermost being and concerns itself no less with his will than with his actions.
Jean-Jacques RousseauMen and women are made for each other, but their mutual dependence differs in degrees; man is dependent on woman through his desires; woman is dependent on man through her desires and also through her needs; he could do without her better than she can do without him. She cannot fulfill her purpose in life without his aid, without his goodwill, without his respect.....Nature herself has decreed that woman, both for herself and her children, should be at the mercy of man s judgment.
Jean-Jacques RousseauMany men, seemingly impelled by fortune, hasten forward to meet misfortune half way.
Jean-Jacques RousseauThat which renders life burdensome to us generally arises from the abuse of it.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau