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. – James Fenimore Cooper

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting. – e. e. (Edward Estlin) cummings

Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization. – Frederick E. Crane

Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly. – St. Francis De Sales