Nonconformity Quotes

64 quotes by 57 authors

A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring… — Albert Schweitzer
To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle. — Henry David Thoreau
Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else? — James Thurber
If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity. — Bill Vaughan
The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and… — Steven Weinberg
Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth. — H.G. Wells
Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature! — George Bernard Shaw
For nonconformity the world will whip you with its displeasure. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world. — Dolly Parton
Madness is only a variety of mental nonconformity and we are all individualists here. — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls. — Carl Jung
Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring… — Paulo Freire
Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who… — Eric Hoffer
The worst curse to befall anyone is stagnation, a banal existence, the quiet desperation that comes out of a need for conformity. — Deepak Chopra
You know, Qhuinn's an interesting character." Saxton reached out with an elegant hand and picked up his port. "He's one of my favorite cousins, actually.… — J R Ward
Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication, and courage. But if we don't… — Carl Sagan
I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Taking into account the public's regrettable lack of taste, it is incumbent upon you not to fit in. — Janeane Garofalo
Where all think alike there is little danger of innovation. — Edward Abbey
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 in their own… — Richelle Mead

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