Human nature Quote by Taylor Caldwell

I think most people have a natural instinct to rebel.

— Elvis Presley

“When you see through a defense mechanism, you don’t stop at the intimidating behavior but go right on into the underlying misperception about life…

— Penney Peirce

Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls

— Taylor Caldwell

Hesitating and hand-wringing when confronted by violence discourages the human-rights activists on the front lines and emboldens the enemy.

— Richard Grenell

There's always stuff to rebel against.

— El-P

Obscurantism is the academic theorist's revenge on society for having consigned him or her to relative obscurity - a way of proclaiming one's superiority…

— David Lehman

When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

— Eric Hoffer

Perception all too often disguises an insecurity as something much more sinister, creating anger and frustration in places where only kindness should dwell.

— Andrea N Martin

When cowardice becomes a fashion its adherents are without number, and it masquerades as forbearance, reasonableness and whatnot.

— Eric Hoffer

In a nutshell-I fear authority but at the same time I resent it-the authority and my own fear. So I rebel.

— Philip K. Dick

The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

— Mark Skousen

“…prominence and deviance are two ways of standing apart from society’s norms.”

— William R. Herzog II