Quotes About Individualism

No one can be a great thinker who does not recognize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead.

If special honor is claimed for any, then heresy should have it as the truest servitor of human kind.

As far as socially redeeming value, I hope I don't have any.

Capitalism is not the system of the past; it is the system of the future -- if mankind is to have a future

Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.

We are a nation of 20 million bathrooms, with a humanist in every tub.

I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.

I will not bond. I will not share. I refuse to nurture.

The world would probably be better if people were put in carriers and cats roamed free.

Loneliness is the price we have to pay for being born in this modern age, so full of freedom, independence, and our own egotistical selves.

The genius must have his freedom and his independence.

More Americans are enjoying the freedom of independence from the chains of welfare

I am not responsible for the successful working of the machinery of society.

From each as they choose, to each as they are chosen.

My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.

We're not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.

If you're still doing what mommy and daddy said for you to do (go to school, get a job, and save money), you're losing.

We are the makers of our own state and...individuals who realize the fact need not, ought not, to wait for collective action.

The Ascension is actually the birth of the Inner You expressed as the spiritual individualism of the inner particle state.

What's the matter with the world? Why, there ain't nothing but one word wrong with everyone of us, and that's selfishness.

Postmodernity means the exhilarating freedom to pursue anything, yet mind-boggling uncertainty as to what is worth pursuing and in the name of what one should pursue it.

No one will seek the highest [things] if he believes that there is no truth, that nothing is his fault, and that government will guarantee his wants.

So into this history of the growing pluralism of Western worldviews came the New Age movement whose central thesis is simple: The individual self is the center of reality: The self is the really real. Immanence replaces Transcendence.

To them, joining a group and putting themselves at the mercy of someone else's collectivist judgment makes about as much sense as