John Stuart Mill Quotes about Desire

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Men do not desire to be rich, but to be richer than other men.

Men do not desire to be rich, but to be richer than other men.

John Stuart Mill

Men, Desire, Rich

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

John Stuart Mill

Strong, Men, Desire

John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). “The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill”, p.196, Hackett Publishing

Liberty consists in doing what one desires.

John Stuart Mill

Philosophical, Desire, Liberty

On Liberty ch. 5 (1859)

The best state for human nature is that in which, while no one is poor, no one desires to be richer, nor has any reason to fear from thrust back, by the efforts of others to push themselves forward.

John Stuart Mill

Effort, Desire, Human Nature

John Stuart Mill (1866). “Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy”, p.453

A person whose desires and impulses are his own - are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed and modified by his own culture - is said to have a character. One whose desires and impulses are not his own, has no character, no more than a steam-engine has character.

John Stuart Mill

Character, Expression, Desire

John Stuart Mill (2015). “On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays”, p.59, OUP Oxford