The Smiths

"If I seem a little strange, that's because I am."

- The Smiths, 'Unloveable'

Francis Bacon

"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion."

- Francis Bacon, philosopher, statesman, scientist, author, lawyer

Ayn Rand

"I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction."

- "Anthem" by Ayn Rand 

Dr. Seuss

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”

- Dr. Seuss, author and cartoonist

Steve Jobs

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

- Steve Jobs, inventor and entrepreneur (co-founder of Apple Inc.)

Euripides

"The wisest men follow their own direction."

- Euripides, ancient Greek playwright

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist, philosopher, poet

Terence

"Nothing is said that has not been said before."

- Terence, ancient Roman playwright

Bertrand Russell

"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."

- Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, historian

Cicero

"Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him."

- Cicero, ancient Roman orator, politician and author

Henry S. Haskins

"Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with. His mind was created for his own thoughts, not yours or mine."

- Henry S. Haskins, American author, teacher

Carl Rogers

"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change."

- Carl Rogers, psychologist

Walter Lippman

"Where all think alike, no one thinks very much."

- Walter Lippman, journalist, author and political commentator

Walter Lippman

"Where all think alike, no one thinks very much"

- Walter Lippman, writer, reporter

Confucius

"Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it."

- Confucius, philosopher and social activist

Kurt Cobain

"Wanting to be someone you're not is a waste of the person you are."

- Kurt Cobain, musician

Oscar Wilde

“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.”

- Oscar Wilde, poet, novelist, dramatist and critic