The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
perhaps, if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord. — Johann Sebastian Bach Copy Share Image
And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are maintained in… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Since the war, we're the only intelligent species left in the universe, therefore we think everything in this universe has to conform… — Robert Buettner Copy Share Image
I rejoice that horses and steers have to be broken before they can be made the slaves of men, and that men… — Henry David Thoreau 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 wonder how far Moses would have gone if he'd taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
... I suddenly woke up to the fact that if I accepted anybody's definition of what there was in the world, I… — Shirley Brice Heath Copy Share Image
Better Than You island doesn't exist. And if it does it's full of idiots, looking over their shoulder for the next idiot… — David Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Do you want to have an easy life? Then always stay with the herd and lose yourself in the herd. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Once upon a time there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. And they grew next to each other. And every… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
... although many people say it is a terrible onus to be labeled bad as a child, I thought that the opposite… — Paula Sharp Copy Share Image
Fitting in allows you to blend in with everyone else, but being different allows you to be yourself, to be unique and… — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
Never be afraid to stand out. It's better to be remembered for standing out in a crowd than to be forgotten for… — Ash Sweeney Copy Share Image
Adjustment, that synonym for conformity that comes more easily to the modern tongue, is the theme of our swan song, the piper's… — Robert M. Lindner Copy Share Image
It is not necessary for the politician to be the slave of the public's group prejudices, if he can learn how to… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
Stop trying to change yourself for a relationship that's not meant to be, if you're not accepted for who you are,then that… — Rashida Rowe 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
In any society, the artist has a responsibility. His effectiveness is certainly limited and a painter or writer cannot change the world.… — Luis Bunuel Copy Share Image
There is a very well-defined procedure that allows the Vatican to raise issues with a particular theologian about something that does not… — Godfried Danneels Copy Share Image
Habits should not be changed for the sake of others.. our personality is ours. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America can be a very hysterical country intellectually and very puritanical, too. You probably have fun in private, but to the rest… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Life is, if anything, the art of combination. Of discrimination. Of freely picking one's own personal pattern out of a hundred choices.… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
