I feel ill at ease with that little word ‘We.’ No man is at one with another, you see. Behind all agreement lies something amiss. All seeming accord cloaks a lurking abyss.
Individual - Individuality Quotes
Nature made him, and then broke the mold.
The boughs of no two trees ever have the same arrangement. Nature always produces individuals; she never produces classes.
Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to accomplish his design; – and posterity seem to follow his steps as a train of clients. A man Caesar is born, and for ages after we have a Roman Empire. Christ is born, and millions […]
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
We all are worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm.
The universal does not attract us until housed in an individual.
Resolve to be thyself and know that he who finds himself loves his misery.
We need to recognize that our individual abilities are only one small factor in our personal success. Instead of thinking of ourselves as successful individuals, we should think, “I work hard, and I’m lucky.” Some of us are privileged – largely thanks to God’s grace.
We fancy men are individuals; so are pumpkins; but every pumpkin in the field goes through every point of pumpkin history.
