999 Quotes About Individuality

You can't shame a shameless man, you can only remind him of the awesome shit he's done.

Here’s the fundamental problem: group identity can be fractionated right down to the level of the individual. That sentence should be written in capital letters. Every person is unique—and not just in a trivial manner: importantly, significantly, meaningfully unique. Group membership cannot capture that variability. Period.

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?

Sem indivíduos, vemos apenas números: mil mortos, cem mil mortos, «as mortes podem chegar a um milhão». Com as histórias individuais, as estatísticas transformam-se em pessoas - mas até isso é mentira, pois as pessoas continuam a sofrer em números que são, em si mesmos, entorpecedores e desprovidos de significado.

The fertilising conflict of individualities is the ultimate meaning of the personal life.

Ci vogliono tutti uguali, tutti contenti, tutti perfetti. Ma io sono felice di essere come sono, difettosa, strana, come volete voi, ma sono io e non voglio essere nessun altro. E voi? L’avete deciso voi chi essere, che lavoro fare, cosa pensare?

To think like no one else one must live like no one else.

So what if there are other robots that look like you? You are unique. Every dent, every scratch is your story. Every thought and memory is yours and yours alone.

Practically anyone who’s ever written anything will read someone else’s prose back and tell themselves they’d have at least done a thing or two differently, flipped this phrase, massaged that line.