Francois Rabelais Quotes

Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it.

I live and work alone and travel light, relying largely on my memory and making a point of letting intuition guide my way.

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.

Astride a horse I am not, nor camel-like carry a load, Subjects I have none, nor follow any sultan's code; I worry not for what exists, nor fret for what is lost, I breathe with extreme ease, and live at very little cost.

When a man cuts himself absolutely adrift from custom, what an astonishingly light spar floats him! How few his wants are, after all!

I was amazed that what I needed to survive could be carried on my back. And, most surprising of all, that I could carry it.

I don't want to be owned by anyone.

You don't need money to be free. You can just say if you don't need stuff, you're always free.

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.

I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.

He is great enough that is his own master.

When I was a student in the '60s, I dreamt of making a house 7 feet by 7 feet, as a dream of freedom, of self-moderation.

People ought to have more control over their lives.

I don't mind being single. In fact, I like it.

Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing.

There is no such thing as being too independent.

Now, I simply do what I want.

But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.

I really do like being independent, and I don't want to have to rely on anyone else to cart me around if I break a bone.

For the first time in my life I'm really happy to be unattached because I realise there is so much responsibility to having a partner.

I am a rank individualist.

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

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

The American Dream is independence and being able to create that dream for yourself.

I have my life, my world. I do what I want, without annoying anyone.