Karlheinz Deschner Quotes

Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one.

Like Frank Sinatra, I'm doing it my way.

I chose my own path because that was the only way.

I don't feel like anyone should follow what I did.

You just gotta live your life and do it your way.

You know, what if everybody's wrong in life? And so you have to live your life yourself.

That's basically the mantra of Herr Silverman's teaching - think for yourself and do what's right for you, but let others do the same.

I'm very big on doing my own thing.

I am definitely an individual.

I don't care what anyone says. It's my life, and I can do what I like.

I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.

I just don't like people to be dictated to. I think you should dress however you want.

I do what I want. Everybody does what he likes. What is so unique about it?

I can't help but do things my own way.

I think everyone should be their own individualized person.

If someone doesn't like something, it's their prerogative not to like it. It's not possible to please everyone. That doesn't mean that I'm going to change my mental make-up. I follow my instinct.

I wear what I want to wear and I do what I want to do and I think everyone should do that.

If I had followed the multitude, I should not have studied philosophy.

I could never understand the herd mentality. I have always fought to do things my way and have stuck to that.

But my whole career, I have done things my way and the way that I wanted.

I'm not trying to live anybody else's life.

I am a strong believer to follow your own path, no matter what people think.

I really believe in the power of playing by your own rules.

Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks?

I think one thing my mother always instilled in me was a sense of individuality. Being an only child, I never thought I had to rely on anyone. I was never afraid to be alone and I was never afraid to be my own person. So when all my friends were like, "Let's smoke weed," I was like, "I'm not doing it." It wasn't because I was trying to be a rebel or because I didn't like it or I was anti-drugs. I just didn't do it because I didn't want to do it, and if I didn't want to do it, I wasn't doing it. That was it.