Art is not a mirror but an icon. It takes the chaos in which we live and shows us structure and pattern,… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
All men are partially buried inthe grave of custom, and of some we see only the crown of the head above ground.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Persecution in intellectual countries produces a superficial conformity, but also underneath an intense, incessant, implacable doubt. — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
“Opinions of the masses kill the 'extra' in an 'extraordinary' idea.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
It's true that every leader needs followers. We can't all be nonconformists at every moment, but conformity is dangerous - especially for… — Adam Grant Copy Share Image
So long as men praise you, you can only be sure that you are not yet on your own true path but… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“I do not see the point in dressing and acting and speaking in a way that makes you feel more comfortable and… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
I have spent a great deal of my life being part of minorities. Some of the people I admire the most in… — Antonio Munoz Molina Copy Share Image
Our expense is almost all for conformity. It is for cake that we run in debt; 'tis not the intellect, not the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
My point is, however, that churches do promote beliefs that would more appropriately find a place in a context of intellectual debate.… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
We get trapped and configured in patterns of consumption, patterns of social organization, of education and value systems that don't seem to… — James O'Dea Copy Share Image
Most people do what they do, not because that is what they want, but because other people expect them to do so. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A man must consider what a blindman's-buff is this game of conformity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We are what we were at birth, and each trait has remained in conformity with earth's and with heaven's logic: Be the… — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
“I spent most of my life trying to specialize myself. I went to theater school, film school, music school, mime school ...… — Nuno Roque Copy Share Image
I'll never fall in line, become another victim of your conformity and back down. — Sum 41 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
Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
We live in world that wants to burnish the rough edges and straighten the crooked line, but conformity doesn't beget greatness. — Travis Knight Copy Share Image
The decision for complete religious freedom and for separation of church and state in the eyes of the rest of the world… — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
People relate to the spirit of the band, which is to live your way and succeed on your own terms. There's no… — Paul Stanley Copy Share Image
“He who joyfully marches to music rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“A soft and sheltered Christianity, afraid to be lean and lone, unwilling to face the storms and brave the heights, will end… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
We ought, so far as it lies within our power, to aspire to immortality, and do all that we can to live… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“The most erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
