It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual.
Individual - Individuality Quotes
Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out of his conscience, thus helping to bring the collective conscience to life.
The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I’m against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise.
Brilliance is typically the act of an individual, but incredible stupidity can usually be traced to an organization.
Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization.
“No man,” proclaimed Donne, “is an island”, and he was wrong. If we were not islands, we would be lost, drowned in each other’s tragedies. We are insulated (a word that means, literally, remember, “made into an island”) from the tragedy of others, by our island nature, and by the repetitive shape and form of […]
Voyage upon life’s sea, To yourself be true, And, whatever your lot may be, Paddle your own canoe.
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting
I look upon an increase of the power of the State with the greatest fear, because although while apparently doing good by minimizing exploitation, it does the greatest harm to mankind by destroying individuality, which lies at the root of all progress. We know of so many cases where men have adopted trusteeship, but none […]
A child develops individuality long before he discovers taste.
