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title: "Top Conformity Sayings"
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> [I think the responsibility of pop stars is to liberate the masses. In that everyone can be whatever they wanna be. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-lambert/i-think-the-responsibility-of-pop-stars-is-to-liberate-the-masses-in/)

[Adam Lambert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-lambert/)

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> [Legalism insists on conformity to manmade religious rules and requirements, which are often unspoken but are nevertheless very real... There are far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-bridges/legalism-insists-on-conformity-to-manmade-religious-rules-and/)

[Jerry Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-bridges/)

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> [“Even though we think we have individuality, we still have a herd mentality. We often follow the dare-devil knowing that it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debasish-mridha/even-though-we-think-we-have-individuality-we-still-have-a-herd/)

[Debasish Mridha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debasish-mridha/)

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> [We really must understand that the lust for affluence in contemporary society is psychotic. It is psychotic because it has completely lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/we-really-must-understand-that-the-lust-for-affluence-in-contemporary-2/)

[Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/)

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> [Fear, conformity, immorality: these are heavy burdens. They drain us of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccallum/fear-conformity-immorality-these-are-heavy-burdens-they-drain-us-of/)

[David McCallum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccallum/)

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> [The greatest threat to mankind comes from the renunciation of individual scruple in favor of institutional denominators. . . . Real heroism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/the-greatest-threat-to-mankind-comes-from-the-renunciation-of/)

[John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/)

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> [So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mccandless/so-many-people-live-within-unhappy-circumstances-and-yet-will-not-5/)

[Christopher McCandless](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mccandless/)

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> [A mind that is disciplined, controlled, is free within its own pattern; but that is not freedom. The end of discipline is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/a-mind-that-is-disciplined-controlled-is-free-within-its-own-pattern/)

[Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/)

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> [All true obedience comes from the heart. It was heart work with Christ. And if we consent, He will so identify Himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-g-white/all-true-obedience-comes-from-the-heart-it-was-heart-work-with-christ/)

[Ellen G. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-g-white/)

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> [“I brought them up here to illustrate the point of conformity: the difficulty in maintaining your own beliefs in the face of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-schulman/i-brought-them-up-here-to-illustrate-the-point-of-conformity-the/)

[Tom Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-schulman/)

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> [But let it not be said that we did nothing. Let not those who love the power of the welfare/warfare state label…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/but-let-it-not-be-said-that-we-did-nothing-let-not-those-who-love-the/)

[Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/)

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> [The gods have provided me with clear and compelling signs of what it means to live in conformity to nature. They did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/the-gods-have-provided-me-with-clear-and-compelling-signs-of-what-it/)

[Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/)

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> [If some small storekeeper somewhere decides he's not going to pay the money, the Godfather doesn't let him get away with it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-some-small-storekeeper-somewhere-decides-he-s-not-going-to-pay-the/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [All of the evidence highlights the implicit bargain that is offered to citizens: pose no challenge and you have nothing to worry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/all-of-the-evidence-highlights-the-implicit-bargain-that-is-offered/)

[Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/)

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> [If you do the task before you always adhering to strict reason with zeal and energy and yet with humanity, disregarding all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/if-you-do-the-task-before-you-always-adhering-to-strict-reason-with/)

[Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/)

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> [There are many who say to the Lord, "I give myself wholly to Thee, without any reserve," but there are few who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-francis-de-sales/there-are-many-who-say-to-the-lord-i-give-myself-wholly-to-thee/)

[Saint Francis de Sales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-francis-de-sales/)

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> [“Obinze imagined him, dutiful and determined, visiting the places he was supposed to visit, thinking, as he did so, not of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/obinze-imagined-him-dutiful-and-determined-visiting-the-places-he-was/)

[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/)

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> [Searching for the self when I was entirely alone was hazardous. What if I found not so much a great emptiness as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-grumbach/searching-for-the-self-when-i-was-entirely-alone-was-hazardous-what/)

[Doris Grumbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-grumbach/)

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> [The eager and often inconsiderate appeals of reformers and revolutionists are indispensable to counterbalance the inertia and fossilism marking so large a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-whitman/the-eager-and-often-inconsiderate-appeals-of-reformers-and/)

[Walt Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-whitman/)

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> [Or about how when you're a child, to stop you from following the crowd you're assaulted with the line "If everyone jumped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/or-about-how-when-you-re-a-child-to-stop-you-from-following-the-crowd/)

[Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/)

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> [The worth and excellency of a soul is to be measured by the object of its love: he who loveth mean and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-scougal/the-worth-and-excellency-of-a-soul-is-to-be-measured-by-the-object-of/)

[Henry Scougal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-scougal/)

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> [To speak impartially, the best men that I know are not serene, a world in themselves. For the most part, they dwell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/to-speak-impartially-the-best-men-that-i-know-are-not-serene-a-world/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-tynan/how-far-should-one-accept-the-rules-of-the-society-in-which-one-lives/)

[Kenneth Tynan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-tynan/)

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> [My God, the suburbs! They encircled the city's boundaries like enemy territory and we thought of them as a loss of privacy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/my-god-the-suburbs-they-encircled-the-city-s-boundaries-like-enemy/)

[John Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cheever/)

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> [“The problem with this generation is they are so quick to define who they are in the process of searching. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-alder/the-problem-with-this-generation-is-they-are-so-quick-to-define-who/)

[Shannon Alder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-alder/)

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> [I like him. I have a weakness for losers. Invalids, foreigners, the fat boy of the class, the ones nobody ever wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/i-like-him-i-have-a-weakness-for-losers-invalids-foreigners-the-fat/)

[Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/)

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> [“But I still wonder how it was possible, in those graceless years of transition, long ago, that men did not see whither…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/but-i-still-wonder-how-it-was-possible-in-those-graceless-years-of/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [If we value independence, if we are disturbed by the growing conformity of knowledge, of values, of attitudes, which our present system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/if-we-value-independence-if-we-are-disturbed-by-the-growing/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

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> [“For the first time, a whole generation had the economic & educational opportunity to turn their backs on the dead end factory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/for-the-first-time-a-whole-generation-had-the-economic-educational/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

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> [Do you think I know what I'm doing? That for one breath or half-breath I belong to myself? As much as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/do-you-think-i-know-what-i-m-doing-that-for-one-breath-or-half-breath/)

[Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/)

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> [“The world conforms people to a certain way of thinking and living through external influences such as advertising and fashion. But believers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hon/the-world-conforms-people-to-a-certain-way-of-thinking-and-living/)

[Henry Hon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-hon/)

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> [Instead of celebrating what makes each child unique, most parents push their children to "fit in" so that they don't "stick out."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-rath/instead-of-celebrating-what-makes-each-child-unique-most-parents-push/)

[Tom Rath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-rath/)

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> [I have spent a great deal of my life being part of minorities. Some of the people I admire the most in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonio-munoz-molina/i-have-spent-a-great-deal-of-my-life-being-part-of-minorities-some-of/)

[Antonio Munoz Molina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonio-munoz-molina/)

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> [“Conformity is a problem for many small groups. Members put a higher priority on cohesion than on coming up with a well-reasoned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/conformity-is-a-problem-for-many-small-groups-members-put-a-higher/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“If you design a system to do something specific, don't be surprised if it does it. If you run an education system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-robinson/if-you-design-a-system-to-do-something-specific-don-t-be-surprised-if/)

[Ken Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-robinson/)

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> [To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-brust/to-seek-understanding-before-taking-action-yet-to-trust-my-instincts/)

[Steven Brust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-brust/)

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> [We rarely meet a man who can tell us any news which he has not read in a newspaper, or been told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/we-rarely-meet-a-man-who-can-tell-us-any-news-which-he-has-not-read/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Religion is the rules, regulations, ceremonies and rituals developed by man to create conformity and uniformity in the approach to God. Spirituality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iyanla-vanzant/religion-is-the-rules-regulations-ceremonies-and-rituals-developed-by/)

[Iyanla Vanzant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iyanla-vanzant/)

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> [“I like weird. Conformity bores but is inescapable for the most part. We all follow something, even if it is following the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-lynn-hope/i-like-weird-conformity-bores-but-is-inescapable-for-the-most-part-we/)

[Donna Lynn Hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-lynn-hope/)

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> [Rhetoric is useful because truth and justice are in their nature stronger than their opposites; so that if decisions be made, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/rhetoric-is-useful-because-truth-and-justice-are-in-their-nature/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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## Top authors on Conformity

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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                        "text": "But let it not be said that we did nothing. Let not those who love the power of the welfare/warfare state label the dissenters of authoritarianism as unpatriotic or uncaring. Patriotism is more closely linked to dissent than it is to conformity and a blind desire for safety and security. Understanding the magnificent rewards of a free society makes us unbashful in its promotion, fully realizing that maximum wealth is created and the greatest chance for peace comes from a society respectful of individual liberty.",
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