Individual Quotes - Page 51

Jump off. You are a protected individual. Do not fear.

As it is with an individual, so it is with a nation. One must produce to have, or one will become a have-not.

I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.

Everything which is, is thought, but not conscious and individual thought. The human intelligence is but the consciousness of being. It is what I have formulated before: Everything is a symbol of a symbol, and a symbol of what? Of mind.

The fertilising conflict of individualities is the ultimate meaning of the personal life.

. . . For friendship implies individuality; whereas comradeship really implies the temporary subordination, if not the temporary swamping of individuality. Friends are the better for being two; but comrades are the better for being two million.

When we've finished the current tour I'm going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing.

When I compare myself, my being-myself, with anything else whatever, all things alike, all in the same degree, rebuff me with blank unlikeness.

Probably the best nonsense poetry is produced gradually and accidentally, by communities rather than by individuals.

We believe that an individual must endeavor to assume the universalism inherent in the human condition.

A world turned into a stereotype, a society converted into a regiment, a life translated into a routine, make it difficult for either art or artists to survive. Crush individuality in society and you crush art as well. Nourish the conditions of a free life and you nourish the arts, too.

Luxury and excessive refinement are sure forerunners of the decadence of states, because when all individuals seek their own interests they neglect the public weal.

The role of the pastor is to embody the gospel. And of course to get it embodied, which you can only do with individuals, not in the abstract.

The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.

Writing stories is my way of scratching that itch: my escape from the claustrophobia of individuality. It lets me, at least for a while, live more than one life, walk more than one path. Reading, of course, can do the same.

The two great cultural and political currents of Italy have always only been concerned with the masses.

The valuable person in any business is the individual who can and will cooperate with others.

The well-being of individual persons in any society varies inversely with the money at the disposal of the political class.

On a personal level, I don't have many individual achievements.

When an individual is taken into custody or otherwise deprived of his freedom by the authorities in any significant way and is subjected to questioning... He must be warned prior to any questioning that he has the right to remain silent, that anything he says can be used against him in a court of law, that he has the right to the presence of an attorney, and that, if he cannot afford an attorney one will be appointed for him prior to any questioning if he so desires.

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

It's through our unique flaws that our individuality can be expressed.

People always ask me what the trends are, but I’m not a believer in trends. Individuality is more important to me, to stand out and have the confidence to wear something you’re comfortable in - it just happens I’m comfortable wearing a suit!

Peace in the world relies on individuals finding inner peace.

To observe a profoundly stupid individual can be very enriching, and that's why we should never feel contempt for them.