Now this is fine, since many of the world's greatest men were individualists. But the individualist has to remember two things. First, this characteristic of individualism makes life harder. If you want to go it alone from time to time, you have to be ready to accept cheerfully the isolation it may bring, or else you will become a burden to yourself and to everyone else. Secondly, individualism is never at any time an excuse for unwillingness to cooperate with your fellow human beings.
Society is based on the fact that one person is ready to work with another.
When for some reason this breaks down, there is a quarrel, or a strike, or, worst of all, a war. The philosopher Bertrand Russell says that life today is a matter of co -existence or no existence. Both on the world scene, and in our own lives, we either have to live together, or not at all. The discipline of Judaism tries to teach a proper conformity, without squashing the individual spirit which has given so much to the world. You are as much bound by the Torah as those who went before, and those who will come after.