“A man is worthy of praise or blame solely on account of those actions which lie within his power to do or not to do.”
Leonardo da Vinci (verified)
“Do not make the mistake of the ignorant who think that an individualist is a man who says: I’ll do as I please at everybody else’s expense. An individualist is a man who recognizes the inalienable individual rights of man—his own and those of others.
— Ayn Rand (verified)“We cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individual. Toward this end, each of us must work toward his own highest development, accepting at the same time his share of responsibility in the general life of humanity—our particular duty being to help those to whom we feel we can be most useful.”
— Marie Curie (verified, secondary source)“Intellectual individualism and scientific eras emerged simultaneously in history and have remained inseparable ever since.”
— Albert Einstein (verified)