Individual Quotes - Page 12

However, as words become particularized, and as men begin - in however small a way - to use them in personal, arbitrary ways, so their transformation into art begins. It was words of this kind that, descending on me like a swarm of winged insects, seized on my individuality and sought to shut me up within it. Nevertheless, despite the enemy's depredations upon my person, I turned their universality - at once a weapon and a weakness - back on them, and to some extent succeeded in using words to universalize to my own individuality.

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

History has always been a series of pendulum swings, but the individual doesn't have to get caught in that.

Mankind is engaged in an eternal quest for that ‘something else' he hopes will bring him happiness, complete and unending.For those individual souls who have sought and found God, the search is over: He is that Something Else.

In those rare individual cases where women approach genius they also approach masculinity.

See God in everyone. It is deception to teach by individual differences and karma.

There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself throughout life with the evidence of it; as of the individual, so should it be of the nation.

Right action tends to be defined in terms of general individual rights and standards that have been critically examined and agreed upon by the whole society.

For me, beauty is synonymous with uniqueness . . . perfection is mundane, boring, and emotionless. It is by celebrating the differences in others that we can begin to accept our own individuality.

What concerns all, should be considered by all; and individuals may injure a whole society, by not declaring their sentiments. It is therefore not only their right, but their duty, to declare them.

The way things are supposed to work is that we're supposed to know virtually everything about what they [the government] do: that's why they're called public servants. They're supposed to know virtually nothing about what we do: that's why we're called private individuals.

The epoch of individuality is concluded, and it is the duty of reformers to initiate the epoch of association. Collective man is omnipotent upon the earth he treads.

Glee is more then just a show now. It's become a wonderful culture celebrating the underdog and glorifying individuality.

The revolution is made through human beings, but individuals must forge their revolutionary spirit day by day

The freedom of speech of private individuals includes the right to not agree, not to listen, and not to finance one's own antagonists.

Gay individuals should be able to adopt.

In art the search for a content which is collectively understandable is false; the content will always be individual.

Possessing a correct interpretation of each individual doctrine is not sufficient; we must also learn to hold each doctrine in harmony with the others.

It is beneath human dignity to lose one's individuality and become a mere cog in the machine.

For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.

Never risk more than 1% of total account equity on any one trade. By risking 1%, I am indifferent to any individual trade. Keeping your risk small and constant is absolutely critical.

If anything is due to a corporation, it is not due to the individual members thereof, nor do the members individually owe what the corporation owes.

As a general thing, an individual who is neat in his person is neat in his morals.

we are unique individuals with unique experiences

Nothing is more destructive of individual character than for a man to lose all faith in his own abilities for the prosecution of his work.