Remy de Gourmont Quotes

Each man must grant himself the emotions that he needs and the morality that suits him.

You kind of create your own moral universe. It's like, well, I like myself. If other people don't like me, then whatever. I'm out of here.

The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.

Moral liberty is the power of following, in all circumstances, our sense of right and wrong, or of acting in conformity to our reflecting and moral principles, without being controlled by any contrary principles.

The individual is greater than the state.

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

I had fought for my independence and fought for my freedom to do as I chose.

I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.

If it is right for me, it is right. It is possible that it is wrong for others: let them take care of themselves!

Good and evil are not what our parents told us, not what our church tells us, or our country, not what anybody else tells us! All of us decide good and evil for ourselves, automatically, by choosing what we want to do!

Those who fear that we are losing our individualism couldn't be more wrong: Americans have never been more free to create and recreate themselves.

I'm a very individualistic person. That is why I don't belong to any political party or anything. I really believe in justice and freedom.

Freedom is control in your own life.

I don't tend to think in terms of a moral authority - be a good boy, do good things - more in terms of what feels right.

The little things, I can obey. But the big things - how we think, what we value - those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone - or any society - determine those for you.

The range of choice open to the individual is not the decisive factor in determining the degree of human freedom, but what can be chosen and what is chosen by the individual.

I think it is important to remind people of the extent of our free will.

This is a free country, and to each their own.

Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together. Liberty is safety from all hindrances, even sin. So that Liberty ends by being Free Will.

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

I do need my independence. I have to have that.

Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.

If there is such a thing as freedom, then there is no fate.

I am a rank individualist.

I was always an independent, even when I had partners.