Individual Quotes

6324 Individual quotes by 3344 unique authors

The deepest poverty is the inability of joy, the tediousness of a life considered absurd and contradictory. This poverty is widespread today, in very different… — Pope Benedict XVI
With a basic understanding of all humans as brothers and sisters, we can appreciate the usefulness of different systems and ideologies that can accommodate different… — Dalai Lama
As long as there are guns, the individual that wants a gun for a crime is going to have one and going to get it. — Ronald Reagan
When a government controls both the economic power of individuals and the coercive power of the state ... this violates a fundamental rule of happy… — P.J. O'Rourke
The philosophy which is so important in each of us is not a technical matter; it is our more or less dumb sense of what… — William James
One should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own enterprise and industry — Pope Pius XI
It would appear that, on the level of individual nations and of international relations, the free market is the most efficient instrument for utilizing resources… — Pope John Paul II
Caring can be learned by all human beings, can be worked into the design of every life, meeting an individual need as well as a… — Mary Catherine Bateson
The preservation of biodiversity is not just a job for governments. International and non-governmental organisations, the private sector and each and every individual have a… — Kofi Annan
Nature is a collective idea, and, though its essence exist in each individual of the species, can never in its perfection inhabit a single object. — Henry Fuseli
Our choices at all levels-individual, community, corporate and government-affect nature. And they affect us. — David Suzuki
One individual cannot possible make a difference, alone. It is individual efforts, collectively, that makes a noticeable difference - all the difference in the world! — Jane Goodall
Individuality in universality is the plan of creation. Each cell has its part in bringing about consciousness. Man is individual and at the same time… — Swami Vivekananda
The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual. This being the situation, it is clear that… — B R Ambedkar
As the world becomes more environmentally aware, I believe that we must as individuals recognize the magnificence of our natural world, and feel a sense… — Bob Irwin
Be assured that our individual actions, collectively, make a huge difference. — Jane Goodall
Transparency is all about letting in and embracing new ideas, new technology and new approaches. No individual, entity or agency, no matter how smart, how… — Gina McCarthy
Today, America would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order. Tomorrow they will be grateful! This is especially true if they… — Henry A. Kissinger
Law is often the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual. — Thomas Jefferson
I believe it to be perfectly possible for an individual to adopt the way of life of the future. . . without having to wait… — Mahatma Gandhi
If death were the end, then there is no God, and there are no realised masters - it is all a pack of lies. The… — Paramahansa Yogananda
What if it is for life's sake that we must die? In truth we are not individuals; and it is because we think ourselves such… — Will Durant
A realistic expectation also demands our acceptance that one's allotted time on earth must be limited to an allowance consistent with the continuity of our… — Sherwin B. Nuland
It is my view that our society can be no more stable than the foundation of individual family units upon which it rests. Our government,… — James Dobson
Only Love conceives things worthy enough to stand greater than individual accomplishment. — Vanna Bonta

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