The beginning of philosophy is the recognition of the conflict between opinions. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“What could be more fundamental to our sense of meaning and purpose than a conception of whether the strivings of the human… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I took a bunch of pictures. You can see 'em on my MySpace page, along with my favorite songs and movies and… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
Unlike Marxists, conservatives they don't want to control anything. We believe in individualism, self-reliance, rugged individualism, and we trust people that in… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If a life can have a 'theme-song' - and I believe every worthwhile one has - mine is [best] expressed in one… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Theres something unique about the United States, a sense of individual rights and freedoms, and a sense of social and civic responsibility… — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
“If it were true that men could achieve their good by means of turning some men into sacrificial animals, and I were… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It is interesting to note that the "sexual revolution" was sometimes portrayed as a communal utopia, whereas in fact it was simply… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
The Public provides freedom...Individualism begins after the roads are built, after individualists have had an education, after medical research has cured their… — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
The energetic action of the times develops individualism, and the religious appear isolated. I esteem this a step in the right direction.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Part of this individualism is you feel this pressure that you alone have to conquer the world, and if you don't work… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
“Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.” — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
The public school system: "Usually a twelve year sentence of mind control. Crushing creativity, smashing individualism, encouraging collectivism and compromise, destroying the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In our rough and rugged individualism, we think of gentleness as weakness, being soft and virtually spineless. Not so! Gentleness includes such… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
The older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I find in humans. — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
No society can possibly be built on a denial of individual freedom. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The basic struggle today is not between individualism and collectivism, free enterprise and socialism, democracy and dictatorship. These are only the superficial… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
The private life of one man shall be a more illustrious monarchy,--more formidable to its enemy, more sweet and serene in its… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Your corn is ripe today; mine will be so tomorrow. 'Tis profitable for us both, that I should labour with you today,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
If our dreams were more regular, more connected, more stable, they would also have more practical importance for us. — Ernst Mach Copy Share Image
Live for yourself -- there's no one else More worth living for Begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
She smiled. She knew she was dying. But it did not matter any longer. She had known something which no human words… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
All rational action is in the first place individual action. Only the individual thinks. Only the individual reasons. Only the individual acts. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“When the government designates as punishable all play of mind against the state, the moderate liberals come and opine that fun, satire,… — Max Stirner Copy Share Image