453 Quotes About Conformity

We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything, than when we are at play.

The thing I've never understood about dancing till now is that it only looks stupid when you're on the outside, watching other people do it. When you're part of the crowd, moving along with everyone else, I can't imagine anything else being quite as much fun.

One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Any fool can make a ruleAnd any fool will mind it.

But human beings are not machines, and however powerful the pressure to conform, they sometimes are so moved by what they see as injustice that they dare to declare their independence. In that historical possibility lies hope.

The greatest fear in the world is of the opinions of others. And the moment you are unafraid of the crowd you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion. A great roar arises in your heart, the roar of freedom.

Hazel, do you enjoy it?' I paused a second, trying to figure out if my response should be calibrated to please Augustus or his parents. 'Most of the people are really nice,' I finally said.

Who were you before the world told you what you were not?