Quotes On Individuality

You will be a finer character if you go along on your own, than if you copy other people. You see, what you do, you do whole-heartedly - so if you play the fool, naturally other things will suffer.

I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.

I thought I was a hippie, bro. I wore Birkenstocks every day. I went to a Christian high school, so I was pretty funky. The teachers didn't give me a hard time, though, even though I was totally way out of line in terms of my dress code.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

You have your ideology and I have mine.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself

Spending too much time focused on others' strengths leaves us feeling weak. Focusing on our own strengths is what, in fact, makes us strong.

Don't quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It's the one that makes the sweetest sound.

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise.

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.