Forgiveness Quote by G.K. Chesterton

“As a rule, conventions only become conventions if they work.”

— Steve Krug

“Only those who break the shackles of convention can ever achieve greatness.”

— Barry S. Brunswick

“It is as if we need to be reminded of convention in order properly to appreciate the wonder of being unguarded...”

— Alain de Botton

“...convention [is] the most subtle but oppressive dictator. [Edith 'Ditte' Thompson]”

— Pip Williams

“He did not defy convention: when it did not interfere with whatever line of conduct he meant to pursue he conformed to it; and…

— Georgette Heyer

“Conventions are stupid things; but even the children of the spirit must make some compromise with the world.”

— Aldous Huxley

“there were many ways to judge the acts of an institution, and the pragmatic way was not the worst, by any means.”

— James A. Michener

“No offense against moral order was too trivial to escape the attention of the Spanish Inquisition.”

— Jonathan Kirsch

“What do you take me for? That fool Socrates, who upheld the law at the cost of his own death – just to be…

— Benson Bruno

“Don't say anything about rules, or you'll be dead in the future because I killed you. No one else is following them besides you,…

— Myra McEntire

“Like any wise ruler, Abbot Arkos did not issue orders vainly, when to disobey was possible and to enforce was not possible. It was…

— Walter M. Miller Jr

“It was more important to be honest. “We glide over the offensiveness of names and calm down our consciences by eulogistic mellifluous terms, until…

— Jason Fagone