189 Quotes Tagged: individuality

Every man must find out for himself in what particular fashion he can be saved.

We were never under any delusions as to which was more important, an individual or humanity.

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind, and when the same thought occurs to another man, it is the key to that era.

"Never again!" commanded his will.

"Again! Tomorrow!" begged his heart.

Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.

What did I fear, and why? — I, to whom the night had been

a more familiar face
than that of man — I, in whom that element of hereditary superstition from which none of us is altogether free had given to solitude and darkness and silence only a more alluring interest and charm!

Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.

To be an outlaw you must first have a base in law to reject and get out of, I never had such a base. I never had a place I could call home that meant any more than a key to a house, apartment or hotel room. … Am I alien? Alien from what exactly? Perhaps my home is my dream city, more real than my waking life precisely because it has no relation to waking life…

Being different and thinking different makes a person unforgettable. History does not remember the forgettable.

Imitation cannot go above its model.

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful.

I dislike and despise groups of people, but I love individuals. Every person you look at, you can see the universe in their eyes, if you're really looking...

Like LaVey, I had a also discovered what happens when you say something powerful that makes people think. They become afraid of you, and they neutralize your message by giving you a label that is not open to interpretation — as a fascist, a devil worshipper or an advocate of rape and violence.

Please, touch me, I pray.

Never compare your insides to someone else's outsides.