407 Quotes About Individualism

Any psyche, conscious of itself, will revolt against the shape, size or color of the body in which it dwells; this is healthy—for that body, in fact, not only reminds the psyche of its mortality, it deprives it of its individuality, binding it to a group. Accordingly, crimes of racial violence outrage not only the victims, but all individuals. Apathy, in this case, is a sad indication that you are not an individual.

From a distance we (literally) do not see people as individuals.

Uniforms: a sure sign that people fear individuality.

I think the rampant individualism of our current culture is a catastrophe. The emphasis on self—individual success, self-fulfillment, individual freedom, self-actualization—is a catastrophe.

It's what everyone thinks," Jules said. Their face - normally open, armed with joy and humor - was stony and closed off. "Like doing things my own way is the most ridiculous shit they've ever heard of, even though it's the only way I've ever been happy. Nobody says it to my face, but everyone here treats me like it's a miracle I've gotten this far on my own

Once you slaughter the lamb, you are capable of everything and anything, and the world is yours.

This knowledge of oneness does not belong to individualism. The world gives the proof, when they say, ‘We have seen you within me’. After this knowledge he becomes a wise man. It means that I come to know that I am this human race – ‘All is one and one is all’ (Pantheism)

El clavo que sobresale recibirá el martillazo.

If these propositions are sound, there is no antagonism between social and individual interests. That alone is good for "society" which is good for all its members. To ask any number of individuals to sacrifice themselves for "society"—that is, for the rest of the membership—is to deprive them of every motive for wishing to lead a social life. The individual has no need for society, if it does not tend to increase his happiness.