The despotism of custom is on the wane. We are not content to know that things are; we ask whether they ought to be.
John Stuart MillNext to selfishness the principal cause which makes life unsatisfactory is want of mental cultivation.
John Stuart MillNot only the grounds of the opinion are forgotten in the absence of discussion, but too often the meaning of the opinion itself... Instead of a vivid conception and a living belief, there remain only a few phrases retained by rote; or, if any part, the shell and husk only of the meaning is retained, the finer essence being lost.
John Stuart MillA state which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes--will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.
John Stuart Mill