44 Quotes About Norms

The world is not ready for some people when they show up, but that shouldn't stop anyone.

Americans seem predominantly invested in deriving what they ought to think and do from what appears socially normative. For instance, a well trained conscience has little meaning for us today since the conscience is no longer something to be developed and trained but rather the sting is to be silenced and ignored. All behaviors are justified as Self. The freedom to impose the Self on the rest of the world without guilt or explanation.

Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects.

Truth will keep on telling the truthLies will lie to be more uncouthNo more rainbow after the stormNowhere to escape leaving the norm

Sex has high stakes, including exploitation, disease, illegitimacy, incest, jealousy, spousal abuse, cuckoldry, desertion, feuding, child abuse, and rape. These hazards have been around for a long time and have left their mark on our customs and our emotions.

When I was assigned the color blue, I was assigned how I should live. I was assigned a specific type of clothes, toys, and interests. Each individual has different capabilities and hence different interests. Imagine what would happen if someone with no hands would be asked to draw? He might achieve it somehow, but it would be an excruciating and tiring process. This is what happens when we develop a confident expectation from either Gender.

Today, relationships/marriages need to be sensual, not traditional. Their ‘terms and conditions’ should not hinge on gender or societal norms but on a shared path to ecstasy.

What desire can be contrary to nature since it was given to man by nature itself?

The trick for introverts is to honor their styles instead of allowing themselves to be swept up by prevailing norms.