Quotes About Individuality

The man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and to his fellow-men.

How fortunate it is for us all that it is somewhat unnatural for a human being to obey. Universal obedience is universal stagnation; disobedience is one of the conditions of progress.

Life is not the same to all—to some a blessing, to some a curse, to some not much in any way.

Everything in nature tells a different story to all eyes that see and to all ears that hear.

Mental slavery is mental death, and every man who has given up his intellectual freedom is the living coffin of his dead soul. In this sense, every church is a cemetery and every creed an epitaph.

In the realm of thought majorities do not determine. Each brain is a kingdom, each mind is a sovereign.

In the presence of the unknown, all have an equal right to think.

In spite of her plainness that would have made wallflowers of other women, she radiated a great sense of self-importance.

Writers are different," said Waldegrave. "I've never met one who was any good who wasn't screwy.

I believe two different kinds of will can exist at the same time in one person. Henrik Ibsen, Rosmersholm

She lived alone and talked books not babies;

Popularity's overrated.

I was nearly christened Eric Bloom Strike,' he said and Robin choked on her water. He laughed as she coughed into a napkin. 'Let's face it, Cormoran's not much bloody better. Cormoran Blue—' ' Blue? ' 'Blue Öyster Cult, aren't you listening?' 'God,' said Robin. 'You keep that quiet.' 'Wouldn't you?

Strike registered the pronounced asymmetry of his pale blue eyes, one of which was a good centimeter higher than the other. It gave him an oddly vulnerable look, as though he had been finished in a hurry.

She was the unique woman in his life who'd never tried to change him.

but each of those negative images represented a human whose heart had once beaten, whose ambitions and opinions, triumphs and disappointments had been as real Margot Bamborough's...

Lucy deploraba su actitud y los motivos que él daba. Ella siempre se ofendía cuando él hablaba de unos objetivos en la vida diferentes a los suyos, como si estuviesen atacando sus decisiones y opiniones.

Do whatever you want with this dedication, but don't— don't— use it on your eyebrows.

Jasper always said, "Tory faithful likes bastards or buffoons", and that he was neither one nor the other.

A masterpiece produced by an indecipherable cocktail of races, Kolovas-Jones's skin was

We all wanted to be somebody else. Somebody braver, or more handsome, or smarter. It's what children want. It's what you grow out of, if you're lucky. If you don't, it's a lifetime of agony.

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LAW 38 Think As You Like But Behave Like Others If you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox ways, people will think that you only want attention and that you look down upon them. They will find a way to punish you for making them feel inferior. It is far safer to blend in and nurture the common touch. Share your originality only with tolerant friends and those who are sure to appreciate your uniqueness.

On this subject it is striking to note how many individuals pursue, outside of their own professions and with a kind of rebellious delight, hobbies that are no more than personalized forms of work. This suggests that one of the hidden desires of humanity, provoked by the inward clamor of unused potentialities, is the dream of work in freedom.