--- title: "Top Conformity Lines" description: "Browse 937 Conformity quotes by 658 authors. Discover the best Conformity sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/michael-chuang-88531_conformity_spiritual-maturity-that-restricts-to-onl_2009016.jpg" --- > [Spiritual maturity that restricts to only conformity, faith, devotion and obedience without practicing accountability, morality, transparency and integrity is just pure spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chuang/spiritual-maturity-that-restricts-to-only-conformity-faith-devotion/) Michael Chuang [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/michael-chuang-88531_conformity_spiritual-maturity-that-restricts-to-onl_2009016.jpg) > [“There is enough conformity in the world Lord MacCaulay. I doubt that mine, or lack of it, will send the planet from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmanuelle-de-maupassant/there-is-enough-conformity-in-the-world-lord-maccaulay-i-doubt-that/) [Emmanuelle de Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmanuelle-de-maupassant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/emmanuelle-de-maupassant-42704_conformity_there-is-enough-conformity-in-the-world_2938631.jpg) > [There is a universal moral law, as distinct from a moral code, which consists of certain statements of fact about the nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/there-is-a-universal-moral-law-as-distinct-from-a-moral-code-which/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/879/dorothy-l-sayers-738_certain_there-is-a-universal-moral-law-as-distin_602026.jpg) > [The original American patriots were those individuals brave enough to resist with force the oppressive power of King George...Patriotism is more closely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/the-original-american-patriots-were-those-individuals-brave-enough-to/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/ron-paul-686_american-patriot_the-original-american-patriots-were-thos_1207647.png) > [My friendships and relationships in the conservative world are not predicated on political correctness and enforced conformity of thought. They are based,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tammy-bruce/my-friendships-and-relationships-in-the-conservative-world-are-not/) [Tammy Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tammy-bruce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/tammy-bruce-12428_concepts_my-friendships-and-relationships-in-the_2294007.png) > [The search for truth is a cooperative, unending endeavor. We can, and should, engage in it to the extent we can and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-search-for-truth-is-a-cooperative-unending-endeavor-we-can-and/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/noam-chomsky-42_conformity_the-search-for-truth-is-a-cooperative-un_19689.jpg) > [There is a very well-defined procedure that allows the Vatican to raise issues with a particular theologian about something that does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/godfried-danneels/there-is-a-very-well-defined-procedure-that-allows-the-vatican-to/) [Godfried Danneels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/godfried-danneels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/godfried-danneels-36682_catholic_there-is-a-very-well-defined-procedure-t_1711685.jpg) > [We must beware of yielding to the pressure of a spirit of cowardly conformity which proclaims itself everybody's friend in the hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonin-sertillanges/we-must-beware-of-yielding-to-the-pressure-of-a-spirit-of-cowardly/) [Antonin Sertillanges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonin-sertillanges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/antonin-sertillanges-24329_compliment_we-must-beware-of-yielding-to-the-pressu_2740796.jpg) > [I say, when your hair turns gray and your children think they know who you are, do the thing that shakes up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/i-say-when-your-hair-turns-gray-and-your-children-think-they-know-who/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/jane-smiley-2120_children_i-say-when-your-hair-turns-gray-and-your_2595510.png) > [The cross stands as a mystery because it is foreign to everything we exalt- self over principle, power over meekness, the quick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-zacharias/the-cross-stands-as-a-mystery-because-it-is-foreign-to-everything-we/) [Ravi Zacharias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-zacharias/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/125/ravi-zacharias-1158_anger_the-cross-stands-as-a-mystery-because-it_910802.jpg) > [We were determined by public opinions of us. Would we think we existed without outside confirmation? And how long would we live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-grumbach/we-were-determined-by-public-opinions-of-us-would-we-think-we-existed/) [Doris Grumbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-grumbach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/doris-grumbach-34632_confirmation_we-were-determined-by-public-opinions-of_714281.png) > [ The three of us \[me, Mike Dean, Woody Weatherman\] all learned how to play our instruments together. We had a common interest… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reed-mullin/the-three-of-us-me-mike-dean-woody-weatherman-all-learned-how-to-play/) [Reed Mullin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reed-mullin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9f/reed-mullin-30464_band_the-three-of-us-me-mike-dean-woody-weath_3109572.jpg) > [You must pay for conformity. All goes well as long as you run with conformists. But you, who are honest men in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/you-must-pay-for-conformity-all-goes-well-as-long-as-you-run-with/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_alive_you-must-pay-for-conformity-all-goes-wel_1990618.jpg) > [The success of great scholars and thinkers is commonly a courtier-like success, not kingly, not manly. They make shift to live merely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-success-of-great-scholars-and-thinkers-is-commonly-a-courtier-2/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1b/henry-david-thoreau-20_conformity_the-success-of-great-scholars-and-thinke_2233368.jpg) > [“I spent most of my life trying to specialize myself. I went to theater school, film school, music school, mime school ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nuno-roque/i-spent-most-of-my-life-trying-to-specialize-myself-i-went-to-theater/) Nuno Roque [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/nuno-roque-72391_confidence_i-spent-most-of-my-life-trying-to-specia_1932745.jpg) > [Perhaps I am just a hopeless rationalist, but isn't fascination as comforting as solace? Isn't nature immeasurably more interesting for its complexities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-jay-gould/perhaps-i-am-just-a-hopeless-rationalist-but-isn-t-fascination-as/) [Stephen Jay Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-jay-gould/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/502/stephen-jay-gould-885_comforting_perhaps-i-am-just-a-hopeless-rationalist_2240816.jpg) > [There's a conformity in the U.S., people feel like they need to fit in. And sure, the trackie stereotype is real, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-consani/there-s-a-conformity-in-the-u-s-people-feel-like-they-need-to-fit-in/) [Alex Consani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-consani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ee/alex-consani-5742_conformity_there-s-a-conformity-in-the-u-s-people-f_2752646.jpg) ## Top authors on Conformity - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/henry-david-thoreau/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 27 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [Mokokoma Mokhonoana 15 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) - [Aristotle 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/aristotle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rumi-81702.jpg) Rumi 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/rumi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeremy-limn-48923.jpg) Jeremy Limn 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/jeremy-limn/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-orwell-37887.jpg) George Orwell 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/george-orwell/) - [ ![](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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/#itemlist", "name": "Conformity Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Spiritual maturity that restricts to only conformity, faith, devotion and obedience without practicing accountability, morality, transparency and integrity is just pure spiritual blindness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Chuang" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chuang/spiritual-maturity-that-restricts-to-only-conformity-faith-devotion/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/michael-chuang-88531_conformity_spiritual-maturity-that-restricts-to-onl_2009016.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/michael-chuang-88531_conformity_spiritual-maturity-that-restricts-to-onl_2009016.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/michael-chuang-88531_conformity_spiritual-maturity-that-restricts-to-onl_2009016.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Spiritual maturity that restricts to only conformity, faith, devotion and obedience without practicing…” — Michael Chuang", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There is enough conformity in the world Lord MacCaulay. 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They are based, instead, on mutual respect, honesty and understanding - concepts many modern liberals should consider revisiting.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tammy Bruce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tammy-bruce/my-friendships-and-relationships-in-the-conservative-world-are-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/tammy-bruce-12428_concepts_my-friendships-and-relationships-in-the_2294007.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/tammy-bruce-12428_concepts_my-friendships-and-relationships-in-the_2294007.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/tammy-bruce-12428_concepts_my-friendships-and-relationships-in-the_2294007.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My friendships and relationships in the conservative world are not predicated on political correctness and…” — Tammy Bruce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The search for truth is a cooperative, unending endeavor. We can, and should, engage in it to the extent we can and encourage others to do so as well, seeking to free ourselves from constraints imposed by coercive institutions, dogma, irrationality, excessive conformity and lack of initiative and imagination, and numerous other obstacles.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-search-for-truth-is-a-cooperative-unending-endeavor-we-can-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/noam-chomsky-42_conformity_the-search-for-truth-is-a-cooperative-un_19689.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/noam-chomsky-42_conformity_the-search-for-truth-is-a-cooperative-un_19689.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/noam-chomsky-42_conformity_the-search-for-truth-is-a-cooperative-un_19689.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The search for truth is a cooperative, unending endeavor. 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When all those around you say they simply don't recognize you any longer, that's the real compliment.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jane Smiley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/i-say-when-your-hair-turns-gray-and-your-children-think-they-know-who/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/jane-smiley-2120_children_i-say-when-your-hair-turns-gray-and-your_2595510.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/jane-smiley-2120_children_i-say-when-your-hair-turns-gray-and-your_2595510.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/jane-smiley-2120_children_i-say-when-your-hair-turns-gray-and-your_2595510.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I say, when your hair turns gray and your children think they know who you are, do the thing that shakes up…” — Jane Smiley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The cross stands as a mystery because it is foreign to everything we exalt- self over principle, power over meekness, the quick fix over the long haul, cover-up over confession, escapism over confrontation, conform over sacrifice, feeling over commitment, legality over justice, the body over the spirit, anger over forgiveness, man over God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ravi Zacharias" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-zacharias/the-cross-stands-as-a-mystery-because-it-is-foreign-to-everything-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/125/ravi-zacharias-1158_anger_the-cross-stands-as-a-mystery-because-it_910802.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/125/ravi-zacharias-1158_anger_the-cross-stands-as-a-mystery-because-it_910802.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/125/ravi-zacharias-1158_anger_the-cross-stands-as-a-mystery-because-it_910802.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The cross stands as a mystery because it is foreign to everything we exalt- self over principle, power over…” — Ravi Zacharias", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We were determined by public opinions of us. 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