407 Quotes About Individualism

At the same time, we held back. Because she was different. Different. We had no one to compare her to, no one to measure her against.

Most people are not even aware of their need to conform. They live under the illusion that they follow their own ideas and inclinations, that they are individualists, that they have arrived at their opinions as the result of their own thinking—and that it just happens that their ideas are the same as those of the majority.

perhaps, if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque.

Children interested Miss Peters, especially when she found one that had not been run into a mold or cut out of a given piece of cloth and made up like a flannel rabbit.

Being yourself in a world which wants you to be someone else is the highest possible attainment.

Conformity is a Sin.

The world each person creates for himself is a distinctive world, not the same world others occupy.

If you cannot think for yourself, then it’s most likely that you are watching your television system right now. But if you can think for yourself, then it’s most likely that the system is watching you right now.

Peons must have conformity. The instinct to seek it is in their souls. It is what makes them peons. It is the essence of peonhood