(1667 quotes found)
“I believe that the very effort to convert anybody is violence, it is interfering in his individuality, in his uniqueness, into his freedom. ”
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
“Every person is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking and believing. As individuals think and believe, so they are.”
Claude M. Bristol
“Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.”
Franz Kafka
“Any revolution has to start with the transformation of the individual, otherwise individuals are corrupted by the power they get if their revolution succeeds.”
Wes Nisker
“A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.”
Oscar Wilde
“In the present circumstances, no one can afford to assume that someone else will solve their problems. Every individual has a responsibility to help guide our global family in the right direction. Good wishes are not sufficient; we must become actively engaged.”
Dalai Lama
“More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of individualism. Man alone is an end unto himself. Everything one tries to do for the common good ends in failure.”
Albert Camus
“Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman.”
Conrad Hilton
“To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.”
E. E. Cummings
“The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.”
Daniel Webster