Under a proper social system, a private individual is legally free to take any action he pleases (so long as he does not violate the rights of others), while a government official is bound by law in his every official act. A private individual may do anything except that which is legally forbidden; a government […]
Individual - Individuality Quotes
Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.
Having lived all my life in a country swarming with messiahs, I have been mistaken, perhaps quite naturally, for one myself, especially by the others. It would be hard to imagine anything more preposterous. I am, in fact, the complete anti-Messiah, and detest converts almost as much as I detest missionaries. My writings, such as […]
And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this god whom men have sought since men came into being, this god who will grant them joy and peace and pride.This god, this one word: “I.”
And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain. My friend, I’ll say it clear. I’ll state my case of which I’m certain. I’ve lived a life that’s full. I’ve traveled each and every highway. But more, much more than this, I did it my way.
Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.
I feel ill at ease with that little word ‘We.’ No man is at one with another, you see. Behind all agreement lies something amiss. All seeming accord cloaks a lurking abyss.
Nature made him, and then broke the mold.
The boughs of no two trees ever have the same arrangement. Nature always produces individuals; she never produces classes.
Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to accomplish his design; – and posterity seem to follow his steps as a train of clients. A man Caesar is born, and for ages after we have a Roman Empire. Christ is born, and millions […]
