453 Quotes About Conformity

If unconventional ideas = sperm, then public opinion = abortion.

He who fails to achieve a dream set by himself is more honorable than he who succeeds in achieving a dream set by his society.

Two reasons why people hate and/or fight change: (1) People fear the unknown; and (2) There are always people profiting from how things are.

The trouble with modern education is you never know how ignorant people are.

I became one of those anonymous Americans who tries to keep his mind sharp and inquisitive while performing all the humiliating rituals of the middle class

We are usually on bended knee before laws or angrily reacting against them, both immature responses.

I am neither for conformity nor non-conformity. I am for individuality. If one's individuality is in effect non-conformity, then so be it. But basically, one's individuality consists of conformity--to one's self.

They succeeded not only in making me normal but also in making me dull .

It’s true, though, others won’t understand me. I know that. I’m still an alien in the American Christian subculture.Each evening I retreat from it, and I go straight to the Gospels.It's not out of duty that I read about Jesus; it's a respite.