As God delights in his own beauty, he must necessarily delight in the creature's holiness which is a conformity to and participation… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Always run to the short way; and the short way is the natural: accordingly say and do everything in conformity with the… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“I mistook non-conformity for freedom and in so doing found myself anything but free. For it is in conformity to one's true… — Karen Swallow Prior Copy Share Image
“We are not supposed to all be the same, feel the same, think the same, and believe the same. The key to… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
“I understand the need for conformity. Without a concise set of rules to follow we would probably all have to resort to… — David Thorne Copy Share Image
“The cities were sucking all the life of the country into themselves and destroying it. Men were no longer individuals but units… — Leigh Brackett Copy Share Image
Conformities are called for much more eagerly today than yesterday... skeptics, liberals, individuals with a taste for private life and their own… — Isaiah Berlin Copy Share Image
“Hazel, do you enjoy it?' I paused a second, trying to figure out if my response should be calibrated to please Augustus… — John Green Copy Share Image
Growing up in rural Utah had a lot of benefits, but in an environment that prized conformity, fit wasn't one of them.… — L. Todd Rose Copy Share Image
You hold yourself in the esteem of other people's opinion. Why do you've to gain their respect and admiration, what purpose have… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
“Today, one must either be isolated and cut off, or a carefully guarded, affluent drop-out, to allow one's children to play in… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
To each, therefore, must be given his own share of goods, and the distribution of created goods, which, as every discerning person… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
There are many well-meaning people today who work at placing an economic floor beneath all of us so that no one shall… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
But, in conformity to His wisdom it was right that afterwards the Prophet should be sent back from the vision of pure… — Abdelkader El Djezairi Copy Share Image
“We will never understand our world until we have come to terms with its future: it is the age in which we… — Ken Hollings Copy Share Image
“The marriage of reason and nightmare that dominated the 20th century has given birth to an ever more ambiguous world. Across the… — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
The tendency to conformity in our society is so strong that reasonably intelligent and well-meaning young people are willing to call white… — Solomon Asch Copy Share Image
“Learning has been liberated from the despotism of the few and is now available to the mass public for one's own evolution.… — D. Allen Miller Copy Share Image
You should never be afraid to be yourself, under any circumstances. The genre of cool is fleeting. What's cool today will not… — Jaleel White Copy Share Image
My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
Broadly speaking, most people lived their lives in a kind of unwilling conformity. The thing was that they were offered, as time… — Neal Ascherson Copy Share Image
Rome should sometimes intervene and say this or that is not in conformity with the Catholic faith. Theologians should understand that. Some… — Godfried Danneels Copy Share Image
“Our mailman was a dance teacher at night & I would watch him sometimes to see if he would deliver mail differently… — Brian Andreas Copy Share Image
Which path do you intend to take, Nell?' said the Constable, sounding very interested. 'Conformity or rebellion?' Neither one. Both ways are… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
I expect a time when, or rather an integrity by which, a man will get his coat as honestly and as perfectly… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I guess I am doomed to remain an outsider to the end, lacking as I am the indispensable qualities of an academic… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
“Life in society requires consensus as an indispensable condition. But consensus, to be productive, requires that each individual contribute independently out of… — Solomon E. Asch Copy Share Image
As to harmonizing the theory of evolution with the Biblical account of creation, I do not believe it can be done, and… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Do not fear lest you should meditate too much upon Him and speak of Him in an unworthy way, providing you are… — Nicolas Malebranche Copy Share Image
My mother is the sort of a person who has no boundaries and no filter. She also has a big ego, but… — Gaby Hoffmann Copy Share Image
“The individual in modern urban society had become 'the public', he said [Kierkegaard], and the predominant characteristic of the crowd, or the… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“May I consent to and delight in thy law after the inner man, never complain over the strictness of thy demands, but… — Arthur Bennett Copy Share Image
[E]ach of our voices has something unique to say. Not only should I not mold my life to the demands of external… — Charles Taylor Copy Share Image
You mock those who blindly follow the majority...turn your attention now to those who are so dedicated to deviating from the norm… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
We need imagination in programming, not sterility; creativity, not imitation; experimentation, not conformity; excellence, not mediocrity. Television is filled with creative, imaginative… — Newton N. Minow 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
Science is one land, having the ability to accommodate even more people, as more residents gather in it; it is a treasure… — Wilhelm Ostwald Copy Share Image
When we receive with an entire and perfect resignation the afflictions which God sends us they become for us favors and benefits;… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
“Most people are not even aware of their need to conform. They live under the illusion that they follow their own ideas… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
What is it about conformity itself that causes us all to require it of our neighbors and of our artists and then,… — Ben Shahn Copy Share Image
![“As God delights in his own beauty, he must necessarily delight in the creature's holiness which is a conformity to and participation of it, as truly as [the] brightness of a jewel, held in the sun's beams, is a participation or derivation of the sun's brightness, though immensely less in degree.” quote by Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/jonathan-edwards-770_beam_as-god-delights-in-his-own-beauty-he-mus_393914.png)
![“The individual in modern urban society had become 'the public', he said [Kierkegaard], and the predominant characteristic of the crowd, or the masses, was all their noncommittal 'talk'. Today we would probably use the word 'conformity'; that is when everybody 'thinks' and 'believes in' the same…” quote by Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cd/jostein-gaarder-676_community_the-individual-in-modern-urban-society-h_2141909.jpg)
![“[E]ach of our voices has something unique to say. Not only should I not mold my life to the demands of external conformity; I can't even find the model by which to live outside myself. I can only find it within.” quote by Charles Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84f/charles-taylor-36713_conformity_e-ach-of-our-voices-has-something-unique_2184407.png)
