Quotes About Conformity

ABNORMAL, adj. Not conforming to standards in matters of thought and conduct. To be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested. A striving toward the straiter [sic] resemblance of the Average Man than he hath to himself, whoso attaineth thereto shall have peace, the prospect of death and the hope of Hell.

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.

In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested. Wherefore the lexicographer adviseth a striving toward a straiter resemblance to the Average Man than he hath to himself. Whoso attaineth thereto shall have peace, the prospect of death and the hope of Hell. Aborigines

A man is like a tree: in a forest of his fellows he will grow as straight as his generic and individual nature permits; alone in the open, he yields to the deforming stresses and tortions that environ him.

ABASEMENT, n. A decent and customary mental attitude in the presence of wealth or power. Peculiarly appropriate in an employee when addressing an employer.

HABIT, n. A shackle for the free.

Unity and respect, it seemed, were only for those who did as they were told.

Honest men are so very rare, they are often mistaken for criminals, for rebels, for madmen. What were your crimes, anyway, but to be different?

Everyone's calling 'emselves that these days," muttered Rikke. "I hear even babies are doing it.

Few indeed are those who get a choice. We do as we are told. We stand or fall beside those who were born near to us, who look as we do, who speak the same words, and all the while we know as little of the reasons why as does the dust we return to.' Her

In the end, people don't really care much about being free. They want to be warm and well fed and to not have to worry. In particular, they want to not have to worry about being thrown off a tower for wearing the wrong shoes.

If I'm as normal as I think I am, we're all a bunch of weirdos.

in the battle between anxiety and social custom, social custom almost always won.

Carol says we speak with one voice. What she doesn't say is that voice belongs to HER. There's only one song to sing these days--Carol's song--and if you aren't in harmony, you can stick a stone in your mouth and shut the hell up.

The problem with role models is they teach you roles.

Then she thought she had always known, deep down. She had always understood that obedience would be a great comfort to her, and that was in fact exactly why she resisted. She had sensed if she gave in once, just once, the next time would be easy.

Deep down I think I may be just like everyone else. And do you know what, Harry?" "No sir." "That bothers me.

I seduced my admissions officer.""Wonderful.""She seemed to think so.""She?"Gobi reached over and squeezed my thigh. "Does that excite you?""No.""You must learn to adapt, Perry. Improvise. Go with the flow.

You can't let the outside pressures and other people squeeze you into becoming something that you're not.

Ne pominji mi gomile šarene! Duh beži od nas kad se javi masa.

Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.

Education should aim at destroying free will, so that, after pupils have left school, they shall be incapable, throughout the rest of their lives, of thinking or acting otherwise than as their schoolmasters would have wished.

Eastern philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti,26 who explained: "It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a sick society.

It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a sick society.