Quotes About Individuality

It may be that we are puppets-puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at least we are puppets with perception, with awareness. And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation.

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to the claims of conformity no man may yield and remain free at all

You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all part of the same compost pile.

He is free who knows to keep in his own hands the power to decide, at each step, the course of his life and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power

Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they seldom use

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.

No-one can compel me to be happy in accordance with his conception of the welfare of others, for each may seek his happiness in whatever way he sees fit, so long as he does not infringe upon the freedom of others to pursue a similar end which can be reconciled with the freedom of everyone else within a workable general law i.e. he must accord to others the same right as he enjoys himself.

The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.

Freedom isn't the right to live any kind of way, it's the right to live as you'd wish.

Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn't have the time to sit around and talk about you. What's important to me is not others' opinions of me, but what's important to me is my opinion of myself.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

I have only to speak for myself; to speak for freedom for myself; to determine for freedom for myself; and in doing so, I speak and determine for the freedom of every slave on every plantation, and for the fugitives on my right hand.

If you don't think I am a princess, you're a 100% right. I am a queen.

You call it it multiple personalities, I call it social networking in my head!

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

I might be odd amongst them like a gold tooth,but like a gold tooth, I shine most.

Some girls must get so exhausted putting makeup on two faces every morning.

The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.

My girlfriend said she wanted me to be more like her Ex. So I dumped her.

Do not touch MY iPhone. It's not an usPhone, it's not a wePhone, it's not an ourPhone. It's an iPhone.