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Biography - Jean-Jacques Rousseau:

Genevan philosopher, writer and composer.
Born: 1712 - Died: 1778
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: Switzerland
Switzerland

The kind of happiness I want consists, not so much in doing what I wish, as in not doing what I don't wish.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
L'espèce de bonheur qu'il me faut, ce n'est pas tant de faire ce que je veux que de ne pas faire ce que je ne veux pas.

German
Die Art des Glücks, das ich brauche, besteht nicht so sehr darin, zu tun, was ich will, als nicht zu tun, was ich nicht will.




See also 

See also...



It seems that perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.




Quotes for: to will


Quotes

Quotes for: to will


Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.






Love, and do what you will.





To will oneself free is also to will others free.





We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to comes.





Everyone's responsibility involves two acts: wanting to know and daring to say.





Don't demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well.











Quotes for: happiness


Quotes

Quotes about happiness:


I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health.





Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





The world of the happy man is a different one from that of the unhappy man.





Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





Nothing is ever finished ; only a little happiness is needed for everything to begin again.











Quotes

Jean-Jacques Rousseau also said...


Where all is well, there is no such thing as injustice. Justice and goodness are inseparable.





To make another happy, is to deserve to be happy one's self.





Obedience to the law one has prescribed for oneself is freedom.





It is in man's heart that the life of nature's spectacle exists; to see it, one must feel it.





There is no happiness without courage, nor virtue without struggle.





Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.












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