“Never subject to the rules, believing that the correct judgement and healthy nature keep her in the honesty she lived in.” — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature! — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
What forests of laurel we bring, and the tears of mankind, to those who stood firm against the opinion of their contemporaries! — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is probable that democracy owes more to nonconformity than to any other single movement. — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
“-I have to admit that ever since I started to rip-up the lawns of rich people I have felt a lot calmer!” — Andrew James Pritchard Copy Share Image
Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
In this age, the mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Nonconformity is the highest evolutionary attainment of social animals. — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
When someone is good at what he does but is a nonconformist, there is a temptation in horse racing, like in all… — David Milch Copy Share Image
“More I try to straighten my life, more I'm overcome with the paradox I am. Once the sea attains its vastness, it… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The Australians, it seems to me, thrive on their remoteness from the world and see it as a way of keeping up… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Don't get caught up in fashion games. These kids probably think we're old, nark conformists or something, but really, they're just conforming… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“You can do the right thing that seems wrong to others, or the wrong thing that seems right, and its actually puerile… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Most people do not have a problem with you thinking for yourself, as long as your conclusions are the same as or… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Creation from chaos is natural. We've come to a place where we've realized that we have this actual physical need to create… — Renee Rigdon Copy Share Image
You know, Qhuinn's an interesting character." Saxton reached out with an elegant hand and picked up his port. "He's one of my… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
If someone does something we disapprove of, we regard him as bad if we believe we can deter him from persisting in… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
“her choice to be, not only a poet but a woman who explored her own mind, without any of the guidelines of… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Individuality realized is the supreme attainment of the human soul, the master-master's work of art. Individuality is sacred. — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
A writer or painter cannot change the world. But they can keep an essential margin of nonconformity alive. — Luis Bunuel Copy Share Image
It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Singularity in the right hath ruined many; happy those who are convinced of the general opinion. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Many marriages would have been laid to rest a long time ago, if they were not on a life-support machine called other… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Passive resistance is a sport for gentleman (and ladies)-just like the pursuit of war, a heroic enterprise for the ruling classes but… — Kenneth Kaunda Copy Share Image
