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Quotes About Individual

Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.
~ Friedrich Schiller
To me Zen is a communal practice of individual deep inquiry.
~ Brad Warner
I don't like either political party. One should not belong to them -- one should be an individual, standing in the middle. Anyone that belongs to a party stops thinking.
~ bradbury ray iii
Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Every man is a hero of his own story.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Because people were people, and if there was one thing you could count on, it was that some of them would be weird. Or rather that all of them would be weird when circumstances happened to align with their own individual brand of insanity. That
~ Brandon Sanderson
Truth is individual." "What? No it's not. Truth is . . . it's Truth. Reality." "Your truth is what you see," Pattern said, sounding confused. "What else could it be? That is the truth that you spoke to me, the truth that brings power.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Your ego doesn't count as a separate individual, Shallan.
~ Brandon Sanderson
On an individual basis, in most interactions, this thing we call power—authority—exists only as it is perceived.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Don't mistake me," Jasnah continued. "Some kinds of power are real—power to command armies, power to Soulcast. These come into play far less often than you would think. On an individual basis, in most interactions, this thing we call power—authority—exists only as it is perceived.
~ Brandon Sanderson
But Ã¢â'¬Â¦ that law was the product of the many. Szeth had been exiled because of the consensus of the many. He had served master after master, most of them using him to attain terrible or at least selfish goals. You could not arrive at excellence by the average of these people. Excellence was an individual quest, not a group effort.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Your emotions are your own business.
~ Brandon Sanderson
La esperanza es algo grandioso, y tener héroes resulta esencial para la aspiración humana. (...) Dicho eso, sí que tenéis que aprender a separar la historia y la forma en que te ha afectado del individuo que le dio pie.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Power is an illusion of perception." Shallan frowned. "Don't mistake me," Jasnah continued. "Some kinds of power are real—power to command armies, power to Soulcast. These come into play far less often than you would think. On an individual basis, in most interactions, this thing we call power—authority—exists only as it is perceived.
~ Brandon Sanderson
I think something innate in us understands that seeking the good of society is usually best for the individual as well. Humankind is noble, when we give it the chance to be. That nobility is something that exists independent of any god's decree.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Because people were people, and if there was one thing you could count on, it was that some of them would be weird. Or rather that all of them would be weird when circumstances happened to align with their own individual brand of insanity.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Pattern hummed. "Truth is individual." "What? No it's not. Truth is . . . it's Truth. Reality." "Your truth is what you see," Pattern said, sounding confused. "What else could it be? That is the truth that you spoke to me, the truth that brings power.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Power with is "based on mutual support, solidarity, collaboration and recognition and respect for differences." Power to is "based on the belief that each individual has the power to make a difference." Power within is defined by an ability to recognize differences and respect others, grounded in a strong foundation of self-worth and self-knowledge.
~ Brene Brown
in the end it comes down to a who and a why. Only one who. And one lone why.
~ Henning Mankell
For a Christian is only a Christian when he unceasingly asks critical questions of the society in which he lives and continuously stresses the necessity for conversion, not only of the individual but also of the world.
~ Henri J.M. Nouwen
Morality is a private and costly luxury.
~ Henry Adams
The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in a single, solitary, even humble individual. For it is within the soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
~ Henry David Thoreau
I wish my countrymen to consider, that whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can ever commit the least act of injustice against the obscurest individual, without having to pay the penalty for it. A government which deliberately enacts injustice, and persists in it, will at length ever become the laughing-stock of the world.
~ Henry David Thoreau