Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Individual - Individuality Quotes
Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making.
To each foot its own shoe.
Mediocre people impact no one, at least not for good. But one person of truth can impact the whole world.
Brilliance is typically the act of an individual, but incredible stupidity can usually be traced to an organization.
Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization.
“No man,” proclaimed Donne, “is an island”, and he was wrong. If we were not islands, we would be lost, drowned in each other’s tragedies. We are insulated (a word that means, literally, remember, “made into an island”) from the tragedy of others, by our island nature, and by the repetitive shape and form of […]
Voyage upon life’s sea, To yourself be true, And, whatever your lot may be, Paddle your own canoe.
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting
I look upon an increase of the power of the State with the greatest fear, because although while apparently doing good by minimizing exploitation, it does the greatest harm to mankind by destroying individuality, which lies at the root of all progress. We know of so many cases where men have adopted trusteeship, but none […]
