Individuality Quotes

"The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience." "It is better to be a person, than a personage" "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." "It's not how smart you are that matters, what really counts is how you are smart" "New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common" "Genius can only breathe freely in an atmosphere of freedom." "The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way." "Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of." "Your children are not your children They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself" "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." "Once you label me you negate me." "Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes)" "I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you" "I must create a system, or be enslav'd by another man's; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create" "When you live your life in different ways, it makes people around you uncomfortable" "I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men" "I’ve always loved the idea of not being what people expect me to be" "The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself" "Once you label me, you negate me" "Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else."