Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

I think people, for the most part, actually want what they think is best.

We aren't, as human beings, very good at acting in our best interest.

Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found.

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.

I am the result of the good choices I've made and the bad choices.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

Every being has flaws; the potential is always there to connect to the light or to darkness.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

I'm very unpredictable, but at the end of the day, I'm working. Sometimes things change in my life. It's like, 'Hold up - that ain't feel good. That felt good.' And that's how I look at anything I do.

The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practiced, is to study and learn how to know ourselves. This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good.

I think it's important to talk to your inner thing. The purpose is to go over the decisions that will affect my life and others. I pray that I don't make my decisions based on ego.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

We saw in him what we seek in ourselves.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.

A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.

You always knows what's best for you.

I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.

You can't change people.

You cannot force somebody to be a different person.

Sometimes in life, you have to make a selfish decision and do what's best for you.

For me, the litmus test to know whether or not I'm doing the right thing is to examine whether my decisions are love-based or fear-based.