Quotes About Individuality

Bink stared the way Jewel had gone. I wish there was something I could do. You can leave her alone, Cherie said firmly. She must make her own life.

Each one of us has within him a whole world of things, each man of us his own special world. And how can we ever come to an understanding if I put in the words I utter the sense and value of things as I see them; while you who listen to me must inevitably translate them according to the conception of things each one of you has within himself. We think we understand each other, but we never really do.

Ciascuno vuole imporre agli altri quel mondo che ha dentro, come se fosse fuori, e che tutti debbano vederlo a suo modo, e che gli altri non possano esservi se non come li vede lui.

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder

The man who has no self-respect, on the contrary, will imitate anybody and anything; sounds of nature and cries of animals alike; his whole performance will be imitation of gesture and voice.

Socrates: But why, my dear Crito, should we care about the opinion of the many?

I would rather die having spoken after my manner, than speak in your manner and live.

In my opinion it's preferable for me to be a musician with an out-of-tune lyre or a choir-leader with a cacophonous choir, and it's preferable for almost everyone in the world to find my beliefs misguided and wrong, rather than for just one person - me - to contradict and clash with myself.

Nevertheless, there's still a dissenting voice, albeit a single one—mine

cuando más, mejor y más fácil­mente se produce es cuando cada persona realiza un solo trabajo de acuerdo con sus aptitudes, en el momento oportuno y sin ocuparse de nada más que de él.

Each of us, then, is a token of a human, since we've been sliced like a flatfish and made two out of one. So everyone's always searching for his own token.

There is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn the sound of your own voice.

It is never a bad thing to take up your fair share of space, said Mr. Bunny ambiguously.

A heart like an artichoke?" "Oui. He has a leaf for everyone, but makes a meal for no one.

I am Nothing. He liked the name. It did not make him feel worthless; on the contrary, he began to think of himself as a blank slate upon which anything could be written. The words inscribed on his soul were up to him.

They may hate us for sucking cock, but at least they can't accuse of making more little cocksuckers.

I'm Lush Rimbaud, and I refuse to shut up or die.

Nothing gazed around at the kids in the club. They were all so beautiful. He loved their choppy hairstyles, their costume jewelry, their ragged black or multicolored clothes. He loved the way they all somehow looked like him, and he wished he could make friends with every one of them.

On the contrary, I believe it doesn't make much sense to say that one man is worth more than another. One man can be stronger than another but less wise. Or more educated but not so brave. Or more generous but also more stupid. So his value depends on what you want from him; a man can be very good at his job, and worthless if you set him to do some other job.

Dissention, diversity, the grain of salt and mustard are needed: Fascism does not want them, forbids them, and that's why you are not a Fascist; it wants everybody to be the same, but you are not.

Ich begreife nicht, ich ertrage nicht, dass man einen Menschen nicht nach dem beurteilt, was er ist, sondern nach der Gruppe, der er zufällig angehört.

Ik kan niet begrijpen, niet verdragen dat men een mens beoordeelt niet naar wat hij is, maar naar de groep waar hij toevallig toe behoort.

She must come through on her own," said Ruwach calmly. "Others can call her, and I can make it accessible for her, but she must make the choice on her own.

Authentically Me I will accept and celebrate my uniqueness, and will esteem and encourage the distinctions I admire in others.