#individualism

None believeth in the soul of man, but only in some man or person old and departed. Ah me! no man goeth alone. All men go in flocks to this saint or that poet, avoiding the God who seeth in secret. They cannot see in secret; they love to be blind in public. They think society is wiser than their soul, and know not that one soul, and their soul, is wiser than the whole world. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#individualism #intuition #transcendentalism #love

Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all. ↗

— Adam Smith

#democracy #freedom #history #hope #individualism

I pattern my actions and life after what I want. No two people are alike. You might admire attributes in others, but use these only as a guide in improving yourself in your own unique way. I don't go for carbon copies. Individualism is sacred! ↗

— Richard Chamberlain

#admire #after #alike #attributes #carbon

I'm very practical. What I'm reaching for is individualism for women. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#individualism #practical #reaching #very #women

The 19th century was the age of Individualism; the 20th and 21st are the ages of Socialism. ↗

— Francis Parker Yockey

#age #ages #century #individualism #socialism

For too long in this society, we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community. ↗

— Joe Biden

#common #community #individualism #long #over

Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it. ↗

— Louis Kronenberger

#individualism #innocence #like #must #rather

Who would you be but who you are? ↗

— Terry Brooks

#fantasy #individualism #fantasy

Everything he admired or loved had been the product of intense individualism. ...when had mass philosophies ever brought benefit or wisdom? ↗

— John le Carré

#philosophy #wisdom #love

We must each achieve greater individual consciousness and self-knowledge, and project mindful kindness toward everything and everyone. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#care #consciousness #individualism #kindness #love