Quotes About Individuality

For most of human history, the proliferation of the individual likeness was the sole prerogative of the illustrious, whether it was he face of the emperor on a Roman coin or the face of Garbo on the silver screen. The commercialization of photography may have broadened access to portraiture somewhat, but apart from wanted posters, the image of most common people would never be widely propagated.

choices may be the cornerstone of individual freedom but, as the history of humanity shows, the urge to surrender to something larger and to transcend the self can be just as urgent, if not more so. The greatest propagandists and advertisers have always understood this.

A decent man would stand out like a cactus on an ice floe.

The fishing is best where the fewest go,

Top academic institutions are wonderful, but there are unrecognized benefits to not coming out of one. Grads from top schools are funneled into high-income 80-hour-per-week jobs, and 15–30 years of soul-crushing work has been accepted as the default path. How do I know? I've been there and

Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity. You'll avoid the tough decisions, and you'll avoid confronting the people who need to be confronted."—Colin Powell

I've realized that instead of following the trends, you want to identify the trends but not follow them. It's good to recognize trends, but if you follow them, you get sucked into them, and then you also fall with the trend.

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." —J. Krishnamurti

Borrow liberally, combine uniquely, and create your own bespoke blueprint.

I can't give you a surefire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time. —HERBERT BAYARD SWOPE, American editor and journalist; first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize

stick to what excites you no matter what people say. It's your life, live it the way you know is right for you.

To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing."—Elbert Hubbard

As Bruce Lee said, "Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

can't give you a surefire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.

Different is better when it is more effective or more fun. If

No one is qualified to tell you how you experience the world." Vlad Zamfir

Peter ha escrito en otro lugar: «El próximo Bill Gates no creará un sistema operativo. El próximo Larry Page o Serguéi Brin no hará un buscador de internet. Y el próximo Mark Zuckerberg no creará una red social. Si copias a estos tipos, no estás aprendiendo nada de ellos».

lo que he dicho es que no todo el mundo debe seguir los mismos pasos.

Siempre que te descubras en el lado de la mayoría, es hora de detenerse a reflexionar.» MARK TWAIN

6. «Intentar gustar a todo el mundo es un signo de mediocridad. Evitarás las decisiones difíciles y evitarás enfrentarte a la gente a la que debes enfrentarte.» — Colin Powell

There are no real rules, so make rules that work for you.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. —MARK TWAIN Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. —OSCAR WILDE, Irish dramatist and novelist

A. H. Almaas: "Ultimately, your gift to the world is being who you are. It is both your gift and your fulfillment.

6—"Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity. You'll avoid the tough decisions, and you'll avoid confronting the people who need to be confronted."—Colin Powell