Greg Nelson

“He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.”
― David Hume

“One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.”
― Immanuel Kant

“Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never merely as a means to an end, but always at the same time as an end.”
― Immanuel Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals/On a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns

“An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular.”
― John Stuart Mill, On Liberty