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"The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual."
"With every exertion, the best of men can do but a moderate amount of good; but it seems in the power of the most contemptible individual to do incalculable mischief."
"There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual."
"But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place."
"Every individual strives to grow and exclude, to the extremities of the universe, and to impose the law of its being on every other creature."
"Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one."
"Nature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry, she carries them."
"As a society we cannot seem to make peace with nature. As individuals, it's hard for us to be at peace with ourselves."
"A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual."
"If as individuals we can improve the geography only slightly, if at all, perhaps the more appropriately scaled subject for reshaping is ourselves."
"I want people to do what they want to do because when they feel comfortable it seems to translate better on screen. It is when you put people in a straitjacket that it doesn't seem to translate very well at all. The individuals I work with are usually people I know."
"The conclusion, therefore, is that there are two major forces in society: love, which multiplies the species, and the nose, which subordinates it to the individual. Procreation, equilibrium."
"I hold that any religion that satisfies the individual urge is valid for that person."
"The State is to make what is useful. The individual is to make what is beautiful."
"The human plagiarism which is most difficult to avoid, for individuals... is the plagiarism of ourselves."
"Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into excessive slavery. [Lat., Nimia libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit.]"
"When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual."
"Right now the long-term investors are telling us that they're not as concerned about inflation and so we're seeing these rates now move into the marketplace and out to the street - rates that individuals can get."
"The State is concentric, but the individual is eccentric."