Quotes about Uniqueness

...in all the woods and forests, God did not create a single leaf the same as any other... People go against nature because they lack the courage to be different.

If you're just going to be like everyone else, why are you even doing this?

There's a beauty to imperfection. This is the essence of the Japanese principle of wabi-sabi. Wabi-sabi values character and uniqueness over a shiny facade. It teaches that cracks and scratches in things should be embraced. It's also about simplicity. You strip things down and then use what you have.

It seems stupid to have discovered America only to make it into a copy of another country.

It's rather clever of her to have made a specialty of devoting herself to dull people—the field is such a large one, and she has it practically to herself.

Original! We're all as like each other as those dolls cut out of the same folded paper. We're like patterns stenciled on a wall. Can't you and I strike out for ourselves, May?

Holy means God cannot be compared to anyone else. He certainly cannot be likened to the worst person you know. He cannot even be compared to the best. His love and faithfulness endure forever.

I feel like I'm wasting time if I repeat myself.

You cannot know anything spiritually by saying it is a not-that : you can only know it by meeting it in its precise and irreplaceable thisness and honoring it there.

God has not called you to be the best in the world at anything! He has called you to be the best you can be, given your background, experiences, opportunities, and abilities.

Each of us is an original.

Gary wondered, 'If God intentionally made us all different, why should everyone be expected to love God in the same way?