Despite the variety my books reflect my, perhaps foolish, tendency to place artistic above financial concerns; of enjoying the more mature themes… — Sean Michael Wilson Copy Share Image
Late, by myself, in the boat of myself, no light and no land anywhere, cloudcover thick. I try to stay just above… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Christian holiness is not a matter of painstaking conformity to the individual precepts of an external law code; it is rather a… — F. F. Bruce Copy Share Image
We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it consists in a symmetry of which we know not the rules,… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Learning emerges from discovery, not directives; reflection, not rules; possibilities, not prescriptions; diversity, not dogma; creativity and curiosity, not conformity and certainty;… — Stephanie Pace Marshall Copy Share Image
"What the hell'd you let them break your spirit for?" You know, their lives ran in circles so small. Ah, they thought… — Michelle Shocked Copy Share Image
I had it then. Soda fought for fun, Steve for hatred, Darry for pride, and Two-Bit for conformity. Why do I fight?… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is but too easy to establish another durable and harmonious routine. Immediately all parts of nature consent to it. Only make… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I had not lived there a week before my feet wore a path from my door to the pond-side; and though it… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“The uncertainties in life are so uncertain for us to determine the kind woe we shall be entangled in in the next… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Religion, as distinguished from modern paganism, implies a life in conformity with nature. It may be observed that the natural life and… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
“3. Perfectionism may manifest itself in moralism. External conformity to law is of prior importance. Every human act is regulated by law.… — Mildred Bangs Wynkoop Copy Share Image
“I know I’m not the patron saint of etiquette and me attitude stinks of arse, but at least I don’t dictate to… — Rupert Dreyfus Copy Share Image
“It takes money to make money, even begging. Humans are herd animals. If a stranger’s bleeding to death beside the road, most… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
“It seems like this day and age is heading to a larger emphasis on conformity. The goal of life was to be… — Paul S. Anderson Copy Share Image
I then endeavoured to show that it is more especially in the thorough conformity with law which natural phenomena and natural products… — Hermann von Helmholtz Copy Share Image
The invasion of the Church by the world is a menace to the extension of Christ's Kingdom. In all ages conformity to… — John Mott Copy Share Image
conformity has been a devastating thing. Its ill effects continue right to this day. Customers still look at the woman in the… — Virginia Graham Copy Share Image
It is the individual only who is timeless. Societies, cultures, and civilizations -- past and present -- are often incomprehensible to outsiders,… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
How are we to adjudicate among rival ontologies? Certainly the answer is not provided by the semantical formula "To be is to… — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
If you desire truly to live you will cease trying to find magic tricks and short-cuts to life and learn the simple… — Herbert M. Shelton Copy Share Image
“The surface of the earth is soft and impressible by the feet of men; and so with the paths which the mind… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Better that only a few Catholics should be left, staunch and sincere in their religion, than that they should, remaining many, desire… — Peter Canisius Copy Share Image
Stay true to yourself and never let go, because the moment you do is the moment you submit to the things that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I must say to myself that I ruined myself, and that nobody great or small can be ruined except by his own… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Courtesy, modesty, good manners, conformity to definite ethical standards are universal, but what constitutes courtesy, modesty, good manners, and definite ethical standards… — Franz Boas Copy Share Image
In school, I learned about artists and how they were free to express themselves. I was allergic to conformity, and the lifestyle… — Grace Slick Copy Share Image
You have not yet learned that in this life you have to be like everyone else: the perfect mediocrity--no better, no worse.… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
We laugh at sheep because sheep just follow the one in front. We humans have out-sheeped the sheep, because at least the… — David Icke Copy Share Image
“Most sane human beings who are over the age of six usually act or react not as per what they genuinely feel… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Of the opinions of philosophy I most gladly embrace those that are most solid, that is to say, most human and most… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“I meant does it hurt when you hide every last shred of your individuality and self worth behind acres of silk and… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
The mind is the enemy of intuition, according to many New Age adherents, but I don't buy that. I look at everything… — Shakti Gawain Copy Share Image
There is nothing wrong with you just because you haven't yet met people who share your interests or outlook on life. Unless… — Alexandra Robbins Copy Share Image
When a village ceases to be a community, it becomes oppressive in its narrow conformity. So one becomes an individual and migrates… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
To be a genuine individualist requires a great deal of strength and courage. It is never easy to chart new territory, to… — Toller Cranston Copy Share Image
I regret that I didn’t realize that actually they’ve got no power over you at school — it’s all just a trick… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due; that the laws which… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
