Quotes About Conformity

Do kláÅ¡tera odcházel kdysi lidé, kteÃ…â"¢í nesouhlasili se svÄ›tem a nebrali jeho trápení ani radosti za své. Ale naÅ¡e století odmítá pÃ…â"¢iznat lidem právo nesouhlasit se svÄ›tem.

Ze wilde hun vertellen dat achter het communisme, achter het fascisme, achter alle bezettingen en invallen een wezenlijker en algemener kwaad schuilde; het beeld van dat kwaad is voor haar een optocht van marcherende mensen geworden die de handen heffen en eenstemmig dezelfde lettergrepen schreeuwen. Maar ze wist dat ze hun niet kon uitleggen. Verlegen bracht ze het gesprek op een ander onderwerp.

behind Communism, Fascism, behind all occupations and invasions lurks a more basic, pervasive evil and that the image of that evil was a parade of people marching by with raised fists and shouting identical syllables in unison.

En cuanto hay alguien que observe nuestra actuación, nos adaptamos, queriendo o sin querer, a los ojos que nos miran y ya nada de lo que hacemos es verdad.

J'en arrivai finalement à les croire, incapable que j'étais d'imaginer (c'était au-dessus de mon audace) que tous les autres pouvaient se tromper, que la Révolution elle-même, l'esprit du temps, se trompait, tandis que moi, individu, j'avais raison.

Je finis donc par comprendre que ma révolte était illusoire, que ma dissemblance n'était plus perceptible que pour moi seul, invisible qu'elle était pour les autres.

La mayoría de la gente se mueve en un círculo idílico entre el hogar y el trabajo —dijo Jakub—. Viven en un territorio seguro fuera del bien y del mal. La visión de un hombre que asesina les horroriza sinceramente. Pero basta con que les saquen de ese territorio tranquilo para que se conviertan en asesinos sin darse cuenta.

De eso se desprende que el ideal estético del acuerdo categórico con el ser es un mundo en el que la mierda es negada y todos se comportan como sino existiese. Este ideal estético se llama Kisth elimina lo esencialmente inaceptable

Para Sabina, vivir en la verdad, no mentirse a uno mismo ni mentir a los demas, solo es posible en el supuesto de que vivamos sin publico. En cuanto hay alguien que observe nuestra actuacion, nos adaptamos, queriendo o sin querer, a los ojos que nos miran y ya nada de lo que hacemos es verdad.

Modern stupidity means not ignorance but the non-thought of received ideas.

I'd love to be able to fit in a box. Like one of those people who fit into small boxes. I'd love it.

I truly would love to be a designer-label girl, but I am very much High Street.

It was easy to see how upsetting it would be if women began to love freely where love came to them. An abyss would open in the principal shopping street of every town.

the world loves stupid labels. i wish we got to choose our own.

Literary critics, like a herd of cows or a school of fish, always face in the same direction, obeying that love for unity that every critic requires.

The More Citizens Conform To The Law Of Love. The Less Governing Would Be Required

Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in.

The boys sat in front of your house at dusk, the boys who still had parents. Sometimes they held Marlboros out the car Windows and even If they didn't, sparks fell from their hands.

I think a lot of snowflakes are alike...and I think a lot of people are alike too.

What else is there to do in college except drink beer or slit one's wrists?

People can get accustomed to anything, right? Habit does things to people.

Patrick," she says slowly. "If you're so uptight about work, why don't you just quit? You don't have to work." "Because," I say, staring directly at her, "I … want … to … fit … in.

I would demand to wear Ray-Ban sunglasses. Expensive Ray-Bans," I say carefully. "In fact I would demand that everyone would have to wear Ray-Ban sunglasses.

Luis Carruthers ... takes the seat next to mine which means I'm supposed to take off my walkman