"Persecution in intellectual countries produces a superficial conformity,……" — Walter Bagehot

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• Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and… — Karen Armstrong
• Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold
• If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church,… — Teresa of Avila
• If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord. — Johann Sebastian Bach
• Government has really been growing, a lot of largesse, but the people in the real world aren't. And that's what… — Michele Bachmann
• I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't… — Erykah Badu
• Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states. — Jose Manuel Barroso
• Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic… — Ray Bradbury
• Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime. — Jacob Bronowski
• The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself. — Rita Mae Brown
• To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger… — Steven Brust
• How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity. — William S. Burroughs

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