#dual

The standpoint of the man who relies on religious experience for capturing Reality must always remain individual and incommunicable. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#capturing #experience #incommunicable #individual #man

In the first period religious life appears as a form of discipline which the individual or a whole people must accept as an unconditional command without any rational understanding of the ultimate meaning and purpose of that command. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#any #appears #command #discipline #first

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#groups #individuals #insanity #nations #parties

A tattoo doesn't make you look like an individual. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#like #look #make #tattoo #you

I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#individuality #science-fiction #art

It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#bachelorhood #empowerment #freedom #independence #individuality

You are so busy being YOU that you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are. ↗

— John Green

#self-expression #business

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#dignity #empowerment #freedom #independence #individuality

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#emotion #friendship #honesty #imagination #individuality

The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal revolution, on an individual level. It's got to happen inside first. ↗

— Jim Morrison

#individuality #inspirational #mask #personality #revolution