Paul Brunton Quotes

I have never believed in being part of any one group or camp.

That's really a part of my nature , it goes along with autonomy and independence of action - it's just that I don't identify with the local group, no matter what it is, whether it's the human species or the American democracy, the nation, the country, religions, political parties, nothing. None of these have my allegiance because I'm not really concerned with what they do. I don't feel a part of any of this.

I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing. I will never define myself in terms of anyone else. I will never feel the pressure of peers or the burden of parental expectation. I can view everyone as pieces of a whole, and focus on the whole, not the pieces. I have learned to observe, far better than most people observe. I am not blinded by the past or motivated by the future. I focus on the present because that is where I am destined to live.

I don't hold myself dictated to by what everyone is saying, by the tabloids or popular opinion. I don't like bourgeois values. I say you find your own way to live.

You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.

I love Winston Churchill. I love the wisdom he had, the sagacity. I like people who are independent-minded. People who aren't part of clans or systems, who are talented and free, and able to do things without being corrupted by the system.

I didn't really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way. I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.

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 rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.

Children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society…

I don't feel I owe anyone anything.

I belong to no party, and I am militant for no one.

I'm an independent.

I'm pretty much a loner. That's not good, bad, or indifferent.

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

Radical individualism can be very sad.

I'm not someone else's mouthpiece. I'm not carrying water for anyone - whether that's the GOP, Fox News, or Christianity. I'm not doing anyone else's dirty work.

My parents would say to me, 'You can teach yourself anything better than someone else can teach it to you.' That was the whole ethos of my family.

Any man who is really a man must learn to be alone in the midst of others, to think alone for others, and, if necessary, against others.

Only the autodidacts are free.

The majority can never replace the man

I think it's very desirable to be an individual and a free thinker.

Blessed are those who entrust their lives to no one.

Intellectuals incline to be individualists, or even independents, are not team conscious and tend to regard obedience as a surrender of personality.