Individual Quotes

6324 Individual quotes by 3344 unique authors

The mind is just like a crowd; thoughts are the individuals. And because thoughts are there continuously you think the process is substantial. Drop each… — Rajneesh
To me, each individual is far more valuable than society as a whole. — Rajneesh
This whole society, up to now, has been very violent with the individual. It does not believe in the individual; it is against the individual.… — Rajneesh
Because all the societies, all the nations, all the cultures, have taken it for granted that the individuals exist for them, not vice-versa. To me,… — Rajneesh
The society wants you to have beautiful personalities; the society wants you to have personalities which are comfortable for the society, convenient for the society.… — Rajneesh
All the great masters in the world have been saying only one thing down the centuries, "Have your own mind and have your own individuality.… — Rajneesh
The individual has totally different interests from the society, because the society has no soul. The society is soulless. And if you become too much… — Rajneesh
Society is just a structure with no soul. The soul is of the individual. One individual outweighs all societies. And, one individual's revolution outweighs all… — Rajneesh
The more you become a part of society, the less and less you are an individual, the less and less you are spontaneous - because… — Rajneesh
The fool knows nothing of God; he never comes across anything divine. He remains part of the stupid collectivity. Remember, the society, the collective has… — Rajneesh
Meditation means a state of unconditioned mind. Meditation is the process of undoing the harm that every society goes on doing to every individual -… — Rajneesh
Law is for the society; love is for the individual. Law is how you behave with others; love is how you behave with yourself. Love… — Rajneesh
The ability to be cool, confident, and decisive in crisis is not an inherited characteristic but is the direct result of how well the individual… — Richard M. Nixon
The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education. — Jean de la Bruyere
The Art of Success . . . Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness,… — Wilferd Peterson
Of the various executive abilities, no one excited more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow-citizens in the hands of honest… — Thomas Jefferson
Have you ever asked yourself why one person is honorable and another dishonorable; why one is honest, another dishonest; why one is moral, another immoral?… — Ezra Taft Benson
Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far-reaching effects. — Dalai Lama
The individual human is still the creature who can wonder, who can be enchanted by a sonata, who can place symbols together to make poetry… — Rollo May
From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice. It… — Mark Helprin
The mechanism of primary emotions does not describe the full range of emotional behaviors. They are, to be sure, the basic mechanism. However, I believe… — Antonio Damasio
We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological society. — Jacques Ellul
There are a billion people in China. It's not easy to be an individual in a crowd of more than a billion people. Think of… — A. Whitney Brown
The Nobel awards should be regarded as giving recognition to this general scientific progress as well as to the individuals involved. — John Bardeen

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