Conformity Quotes

489 Conformity quotes by 370 unique authors

I regret that I didnâ€™t realize that actually theyâ€™ve got no power over you at school â€” itâ€™s all just a trick to indoctrinate you… — Russell Brand
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… — Ron Paul
Conformityâ€”the natural instinct to passively yield to that vague something recognized as authority. — Mark Twain
Great thoughts are against all doctrines of conformity — Austin Osman Spare
Non-conformity is the only real passion worth being ruled by. — Julian Assange
Society demands conformity at the expense of individual liberty. Let us be for once a non conformist to be fully alive. — Wayne Dyer
The more civilized a nation, the more conformed its population, until that civilization's last age arrives, when multiplicity wages war with conformity. The former grows… — Steven Erikson
I am myself. That is not enough. — Sylvia Plath
In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny… — John Stuart Mill
My surface is myself. Under which to witness, youth is buried. Roots? Everybody has roots. — William Carlos Williams
Let us simmer over our incalculable cauldron, our enthralling confusion, our hotchpotch of impulses, our perpetual miracle - for the soul throws up wonders every… — Virginia Woolf
Whence all this passion towards conformity anyway? Diversity is the word. Let man keep his many parts and you will have no tyrant states. Why,… — Ralph Ellison
To be a hero you have to learn to be a deviant â€” because you're always going against the conformity of the group. — Philip Zimbardo
I had it then. Soda fought for fun, Steve for hatred, Darry for pride, and Two-Bit for conformity. Why do I fight? I thought, and… — S E Hinton
Happiness is something final and complete in itself, as being the aim and end of all practical activities whatever .... Happiness then we define as… — Aristotle
Resisting conformity and developing some small eccentricities are among the steps to independence and self-confidence. — Unknown Author
If we value independence, if we are disturbed by the growing conformity of knowledge, of values, of attitudes, which our present system induces, then we… — Carl Rogers
Sadly, children's passion for thinking often ends when they encounter a world that seeks to educate them for conformity and obedience only. — Bell Hooks
...most men have bound their eyes with one or another handkerchief, and attached themselves to some one of these communities of opinion. This conformity makes… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one's own convictions - not obstinately or defiantly — Rollo May

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