Individual - Individuality Quotes

I oppose any doctrine which proposes the sacrifice of the individual to the collective, such as communism, socialism, the welfare state, fascism, Nazism and modern liberalism.

A society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.

That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.

Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

We all are worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm.

The universal does not attract us until housed in an individual.

Resolve to be thyself and know that he who finds himself loves his misery.

We need to recognize that our individual abilities are only one small factor in our personal success. Instead of thinking of ourselves as successful individuals, we should think, “I work hard, and I’m lucky.” Some of us are privileged – largely thanks to God’s grace.

We fancy men are individuals; so are pumpkins; but every pumpkin in the field goes through every point of pumpkin history.