Quotes About Individuality

There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains the most universal quality is diversity.

she and they were all the same under the skin, weren't they?

In the end, though, vodsels couldn't do any of the things that really defined a human being. They couldn't siuwil, the couldn't mesnishtil,they had no concept of slan.

if you are not like everybody else, then you are abnormal, if you are abnormal , then you are sick. These three categories, not being like everybody else, not being normal and being sick are in fact very different but have been reduced to the same thing

Maybe the target nowadays is not to discover what we are but to refuse what we are.

Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same. More than one person, doubtless like me, writes in order to have no face.

From the idea that the self is not given to us, I think there is only one practical consequence: we have to create ourselves as a work of art.

The only conclusion he could draw was that without points of reference, a man melts away.

Il n'y a pas d'amour dans la liberté individuelle, dans l'indépendance, c'est tout simplement un mensonge, et l'un des plus grossiers qui puisse se concevoir; il n'y a d'amour que dans le désir d'anéantissement, de fusion, de disparition individuelle, dans une sorte comme on disait autrefois de sentiment océanique, dans quelque chose qui de toute façon était, au moins dans un futur proche, condamné.

A woman is human, obviously, but she represents a slightly different kind of humanity.

Se pare c? alte fiinÅ£e umane aparent asem?n?toare cu mine nu simt nicio emoÅ£ie în faÅ£a unui trup de femeie, ceea ce mie îmi provoca ÅŸi înc? îmi provoac? uneori transe irepresibile. În cele mai multe împrejur?ri ale vieÅ£ii mele am fost aproape la fel de liber ca un aspirator.

Ihmistä voi arvostella monestakin syystä, mutta yhtä asiaa häneltä ei voi riistää: hän on kiistatta nerokas nisäkäs.

The problem is, it's just not enough to live according to the rules. Sure, you manage to live according to the rules. Sometimes it's tight, extremely tight, but on the whole you manage it. Your tax papers are up to date. Your bills paid on time. You never go out without your identity card (and the special little wallet for your Visa!). Yet you haven't any friends. The

People's voices never change, no more than the expressions in their eyes. Amid the generalised physical collapse that is old age, the voice and the eyes bear painfully indisputable witness to the persistence of character, aspirations, and desires, everything that constitutes a human personality.

Yo no correspondo exactamente a ningún perfil de consumidor inventariado, eso es todo.

Se gândi la toÈ›i oamenii care coexist? f?r? vreun motiv aparent, în inima aceluiaÈ™i oraÈ™, f?r? vreun interes sau vreo preocupare comune, urmând traiectorii neb?nuite È™i divergente, dar aduÈ™i împreun? de sex sau de crim?.

Nada es más útil para el hombre que el hombre mismo

You can work alone for years, it's actually the only way to work if truth be told; but there always comes a moment when you feel the need to show your work to the world, less to receive its judgement than to reassure yourself about the existence of this work, or even of your own existence, for in a social species individuality is little more than a short piece of fiction.

Un couple est un monde, un monde autonome et clos qui se déplace au milieu d'un monde plus vaste, sans en être réellement atteint ; solitaire

Innostukseni pilluihin ei ole heikentynyt, koen sen yhdeksi viimeisiä tunnistettavia inhimillisiä piirteitäni, muista en ole niinkään varma.

Me considero un tipo normal. Bueno, puede que no exactamente, pero ¿Quién lo es exactamente? Digamos que soy normal al 80%.

Ce sont justement cette répugnance, cet ennui qu'il convient de développer en nous, afin de nous démarquer de l'espèce.

desde mi infancia, la idea que cerraba todas las discusiones, que ponía fin a todas las divergencias, la idea en torno a la cual había visto surgir con mayor frecuencia un consenso absoluto, tranquilo, sin complicaciones, podía resumirse más o menos así: «En el fondo, uno nace solo, vive solo y muere solo».

Le pecore bianche fanno «Beh!», le pecore nere fanno «Meh!».