A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

When God's green grows it's rarely in rows
Awry the rye rises .. unruly the rose.

When God's green grows it's rarely in rows
Awry the rye rises .. unruly the rose.

Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization.

Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization.

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout:This is me damn it! I look the way read more

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout:This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don't fit your idea of who I should be and don't try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision.When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad - you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world read more

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being, read more

Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being, as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.