Society Individualism Quotes

“Amidst those who strut with illicit pride, even after sinking a dagger into others with stealth, there stands me, burdened by a persisting pang of guilt whenever I inadvertently crush an ant underfoot.”
― Sanu Sharma

“Unorthodoxy threatens more than the life of a mere individual; it strikes at Society itself.”
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited

“The law, and society, and religion all said it was impossible to be sane, healthy, and kill yourself. Perhaps those authorities feared that the suicide‟s reasoning might impugn the nature and value of life as organised by the
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state which paid the coroner? And then, since you had been declared temporarily mad, your reasons for killing yourself were also assumed to be mad. So I doubt anyone paid much attention to Adrian‟s argument, with its references to philosophers ancient and modern, about the superiority of the intervening act over the unworthy passivity of merely letting life happen to you.”
― Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending

“I long for the day when people embrace our common humanity and respect diversity.”
― Liza M. Wiemer

“Source of national strength. By providing leadership, guidance, restraint, security, and values, the family unit promotes the greatness of the nation. Should the family fail in these responsibilities, the nation will suffer as a result.”
― John Eidsmoe, God & Caesar: Christian Faith & Political Action

“The ‘lump of equality’ argument, which assumes that if someone is doing well it must be at the expense of someone else, is both false and has been used to previously justify some pretty dystopian actions. When those with power believe that the end justifies the means, any action to achieve this end becomes viable. We’ve seen multiple variations of ideology-based ‘equality’ solutions implemented in the real world; none of which turned out well for those they purported to help.”
― Sean A. Culey, Transition Point: From Steam to the Singularity

“...and I'm left there hanging on the bar stool pestering everybody with my poor loneliness which goes unnoticed in the crashing busy night, in the smash of the cash register, the racket of washing glasses. I want to tell them that we don't all want to become ants contributing to the social body, but individualists each one counting one by one, but no, try to tell that to the in-and-outers rushing in and out the humming world night as the world turns on one axis. The secret storm has become a public tempest.”
― Jack Kerouac, Satori in Paris & Pic

“In order to appreciate and respect diversity we must first recognize and embrace our humanity.”
― Liza Wiemer

“I find it hilarious when I see 'not alive' fearing death”
― Mayank Sharma, A Cocktail of Love

“The happiest people in society are those that don’t know each other too well.”
― Kelleen Goerlitz, The Complete Works of a Lost Girl

“Everybody thinks they're the exception to the rule, and that's exactly where the trouble starts. One person can do a lot of damage.”
― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built