Conformity Quotes
Reviewing bad books is bad for the character – WH Auden
There is this common notion that people are shallow and ignorant until they go out and see the world. I, on the other hand, went out and in comparison realized I was in pretty good standing.
The greatest obstacle in understanding the universe is the conformity and fear of truth.
If you conform, you miss all of the adventures and stand against the progress of society.
Many people are not conforming with theism, but they are comfortable with spiritualism.
Blindly believing something often comes from societal conformity which is a sign of a lack of deep knowledge and imaginative consciousness.
It is very difficult to break free from the prison of conformity and fixed false beliefs without changing our level of consciousness and awareness.
Am I a prisoner of my thoughts?Am I a prisoner of my societal conformity?Who am I?How conscious am I?Am I conscious or obnoxious?
One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.
Do not go for conformity that breeds mediocrity! Choose instead to stand for transformation that does not only transforms lives, but true purpose and living as well.
She was an extraordinary person too! Would you believe it, she cut her hair short, and used to go about in men’s boots in bad weather
Society demands not conformity, but the appearance of conformity. That's the reason for hypocrisy.
People like us are dead to society unless we’re pretentious, tell people what they want to hear, take off our clothes, or pretend to be like them.
I just know Maycomb. I'm not in the least sensitive about it, but good Lord, I'm certainly aware of it.
Societal peer pressure to conform runs strong, but as more of us continue to think and act for ourselves, rather than be under the influence of group-think, we begin to make more effective choices.
Most people want so desperately to be an individual yet are so easily shaped by the media.
Life in society requires consensus as an indispensable condition. But consensus, to be productive, requires that each individual contribute independently out of of his experience and insight.
Popularity gives you power only over people who care about being popular. Ostracism gives you power only over those who fear being ostracized.
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.
I found it hateful, yet I wanted to be part of it.
What I’m starting to realize is that when you conform, people are not accepting you for who you are. They’re accepting you for who they think you are.
I've known one thing for a long time: there's a role in the big machine even for someone who makes fun of it.
Companies preach creativity, hire for conformity and call consultants when they fail who tell them to be more creative.
An artist who conforms to conventional ideas is nothing but a mere charlatan.
To creative people, the compendium of the white man's dialect are unfashionable, because their creations are more than what the tongue could say.
When students cheat on exams it's because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
Shakespeare's work had a liberating influence.
Many marriages would have been laid to rest a long time ago, if they were not on a life-support machine called other people’s opinions and/or expectations.
Conformity is a cage that confines our ability to think. It is a cage that hinders growth and deters individualism
Don’t conform. Don’t live in a small dirty pond when the ocean of life is lovingly inviting you.
You are only free when you can grow wings of wisdom to fly away from the cage of societal conformity.
Renew yourself with love. Wash away all the fear, hatred and societal conformity to create a brand new humanity filled with love, kindness and happiness.
It’s hard being pissed with a nice car and a good job. Fed up on filet medallions and swimming in chilled martinis. We know what we think and our life here is our reward for thinking it.
If I don’t know who I am apart from everyone else, I probably need to spend some time apart from everyone else.
We are free to live the life we have imagined, not the life imagined for us.
We strive toward the middle, and we run from ourselves.
