Conformity Quotes

489 quotes by 381 authors

Great fear, conformity, immorality: these are heavy burdens. They drain us of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy, we do not… — David McCallum
Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect. — Averroes
Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the moral sense and reason of man. — Thomas Jefferson
The greatest threat to mankind comes from the renunciation of individual scruple in favor of institutional denominators. . . . Real heroism lies, as it… — John le Carre
All moral obligation resolves itself into the obligation of conformity to the will of God. — Charles Hodge
Force, violence, pressure, or compulsion with a view to conformity, are both uncivilized and undemocratic — Mahatma Gandhi
Remember: Bureaucracy elevates conformity ... Make that elevates 'fatal stupidity' to the status of religion. — Frank Herbert
The American people...have a stake in non-conformity. For they know that the American genius is non-conformist. — Henry Steele Commager
That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his… — Freda Adler
The opposite of courage is not so much fear as it is conformity. — Wayne Dyer
But, in conformity to His wisdom it was right that afterwards the Prophet should be sent back from the vision of pure Unity and that… — Abdelkader El Djezairi
Our expenses are all for conformity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nobody in this world was born to be the same as anyone else. Turning people into robots, especially children, is a crime against nature itself. — Jenna Miscavige Hill
When I was younger, not being accepted made me enraged, but now, I am not inclined to dismantle my history. If you banish the dragons,… — Andrew Solomon
"What the hell'd you let them break your spirit for?" You know, their lives ran in circles so small. Ah, they thought they'd seen it… — Michelle Shocked
There is nothing wrong with you just because you haven't yet met people who share your interests or outlook on life. Unless you are doing… — Alexandra Robbins
In Western society, and particularly in American society, imagination is stulified from infancy. The imaginative child is discouraged and upbraided. He is told that the… — Philip Wylie
Better Than You island doesn't exist. And if it does it's full of idiots, looking over their shoulder for the next idiot to arrive. — David Whitehouse
Once upon a time there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. And they grew next to each other. And every day the straight… — Tom Waits
Abnormal, adj. Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be… — Ambrose Bierce

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