407 Quotes About Individualism

I INHERIT NOTHING. I STAND AT THE END OF NO TRADITION. I MAY, PERHAPS, STAND AT THE BEGGING OF ONE.

Expressive individualism is at the heart of the secular progressive worldview that now functions as the religion of many Western elites.

Embrace the virtues of individuality.

Impervious adherence to economically exploitative lifeways stems in part from a historical penchant for misperceiving social problems as individuals' problems.

Not having a group consciousness, whites often respond defensively when grouped with other whites, resenting what they see as unfair generalizations. Individualism prevents us from seeing ourselves as responsible for or accountable to other whites as members of a shared racial group that collectively benefits from racial inequality.

My glorification of independence and individualism made me and easy target for the myth of meritocracy, and overshadowed what in my heart I knew to be true: the deep interconnectedness I longed for with family, friends, colleagues, and even strangers is core to human survival. Interdependence is our lifeblood.

The argument for collectivism is simple if false; it is an immediate emotional argument. The argument for individualism is subtle and sophisticated; it is an indirect rational argument. And the emotional faculties are more highly developed in most men than the rational, paradoxically or especially even in those who regard themselves as intellectuals

People are related to one another, not as total personalities, but as the embodiments of economic functions, or when they are not at work, as irresponsible seekers of entertainment. Subjected to this kind of life, individuals tend to feel lonely and insignificant. Their existence cases to have any point of meaning

There’s only one way to improve society. Present it with a single improved unit: yourself.