Conformity Quote by Charles Stross

“The essence of socialization is to make people dependent on social controls, to have them respond predictably to rewards and punishments.”

— Csikszentmihaly

Society forces you to conform.

— Ken Wilber

Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.

— Stephen Covey

“Conformity is usually beneficial to society, but is often detrimental to individuality.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“We should NOT try to change other peoples' systems against their wills, and we should not inflict our systems on others if such infliction…

— Zach Wahls

“Conformity is a cage that confines our ability to think. It is a cage that hinders growth and deters individualism”

— Yahya Mohamed

Society is organized on the principle that any individual who possesses certain social characteristics has a moral right to expect that others will value…

— Erving Goffman

“...they make us dependent on a social system that exploits our energies for its own purposes. ...If a person learns to enjoy and find…

— Csikszentmihaly

The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.

— Theodor Adorno

When others are not doing what we would like them to or are threatening disobedience, we are most conscious of the need of controlling…

— John Dewey

“What is it in the human condition that tries to impose our own view onto others, without the ability, capacity, propensity, to receive somebody…

— Wim Wenders

“When trying to get people to change familiar ways of doing things, social pressures and constraints exerted by the informal peer group represent the…

— Lee Ross