6 Quotes by Rousseau Jean-Jacques 1712-1778

I can only meditate when I am walking, when I stop I cease to think; my mind only works with my legs.

gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid but which none have a right to expect

The body should be strong enough to obey the mind; a good servant must be strong. I know that intemperance stimulates the passions; in course of time it also destroys the body; fasting and penance often produce the same results in an opposite way. The weaker the body, the more imperious its demands; the stronger it is, the better it obeys. All sensual passions find their home in effeminate bodies; the less satisfaction they can get the keener their sting.

إنه لمنظر جميل وجليل أن ترى الإنسان يرفع نفسه من العدم بجهده الخاص ، ويبدد، بنور عقله ، تلك الظلمات التي لفته بها الطبيعة ، إنه ليرفع نفسه فوق نفسه ، وينفذ بروحه إلى أطباق السماء وينطلق كالشمس بخطوات جبارة عبر الفضاء الشاسع للكون . روسو / مقال عن الفنون والعلوم

O homem nasceu livre, e em toda parte se encontra sob ferros. De tal modo acredita-se o senhor dos outros, que não deixa de ser mais escravo que eles.

Thus the whole education of women ought to be relative to men. To please them, to be useful to them, to make themselves loved and honored by them, to educate them when young, to care for them when grown, to council them, to console them, and to make life agreeable and sweet to them -- these are the duties of women at all times, and should be taught them from their infancy.