Individualism Quotes

"In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility" "Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it" "An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity." "The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude" "Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise." "The truth is not always the same as the majority decision" "I create my own path. It was straight and narrow. I looked at it this way—you were either in my way or out of it." "Either way, I refuse to change what I am. A lion has to eat. Run with me or run from me." "If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone." "Towards the outside, at any rate, the ego seems to maintain clear and sharp lines of demarcation." "If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome." "Every group has its own personality, and every person brings their own energy to the team." "I'm very independent." "What other people think of me is none of my business" "It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind" "Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from" "A man’s own judgment should be the final appeal in all that relates to himself" "When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw." "I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man" "I've been called a recluse just because I don't socialize with others in the industry"