We have hitherto considered only two possibilities: that the received opinion may be false, and some other opinion, consequently, true; or that, the received opinion being true, a conflict with the opposite error is essential to a clear apprehension and deep feeling of its truth. But there is a commoner case than either of these; when the conflicting doctrines, instead of being one true and the other false, share the truth between them.
John Stuart MillI have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
John Stuart MillIn this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.
John Stuart MillIt is only in the backward countries of the world that increased production is still an important object.
John Stuart Mill