“Originality is being different from oneself, not others.”
Source: Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica
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English poet, novelist, jazz critic and librarian 1922–1985Related quotes
“Originality consists in thinking for yourself, not in thinking differently from other people.”
James Fitzjames Stephen (1829–1894) Indian judge
Ch. 2 http://books.google.com/books?id=MAkAAAAAYAAJ&q=&quot;originality+consists+in+thinking+for+yourself,+not+in+thinking+differently+from+other+people&quot;&pg=PA48#v=onepage <br class="br">Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (1873-1874)
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
Source: 1910s, Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays http://archive.org/stream/mysticism00russuoft/mysticism00russuoft_djvu.txt (1918), Ch. 6: On the Scientific Method in Philosophy
Susan Sontag (1933–2004) American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist
Source: Death Kit (1967), p.149
“The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.”
Eldridge Cleaver (1935–1998) American activist
"On Becoming"
1960s, Soul on Ice (1968)
Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913–1994) Colombian writer and philosopher
Sucesivos Escolios a un Texto Implícito (1992)
