Quotes About Conformity

So my fifth point is this: spiritual formation is the process whereby the inmost being of the individual takes on the quality or character of Jesus himself.

Spiritual formation in Christ is the process whereby the inmost being of the individual (the heart, will, or spirit) takes on the quality or character of Jesus himself.

A human figure approaching, filling itself in slowly, putting on age and sex and race, like items of clothing

God's passion is to rig the world so that we are compelled to deal with whatever blocks us from being like His glorious Son.

Love is not blood and suffering. Love is not murdering your son to appease your own vanity. Love is not hatred or wrath, consigning billions of people to eternal torture because they have offended your fragile ego or disobeyed your rules. Love is not obedience, conformity or submission. It is a counterfeit love that is contingent upon authority, punishment or reward. True love is respect and admiration, compassion and kindness, freely given by a healthy, unafraid human being.

Trish would have said impossible, but the I-word was banned here. Katherine considered it a dangerous mind-set in a field that often transformed preconceived falsehoods into confirmed truths.

He isn't trying to transform himself into something different; he's trying to transform someone different back into himself.

Unless you somehow have a foot outside of your culture, the culture will swallow you whole.

Maybe, generations ago, young people rebelled out of some clear motive, but now, we know we're rebelling. Between teen movies and sex-ed textbooks we're so ready for our rebellious phase we can't help but feel it's safe, contained. It will turn out all right, despite the risk, snug in the shell of rebellion narrative. Rebellion narrative, does that make sense? It was appropriate to do, so we did it.

The most important thing had always been what other people thought-appearances before herself or her family. And righteous about it. Time and again Matt had insisted that what others thought about you wasn't the only thing in life. But it did no good. Norma had to dress well; the house had to have fine furniture; Charlie had to be kept inside so that other people wouldn't know anything was wrong.

The most important thing had always been what other people thought - appearances before herself or her family. And righteous about it.

Is life worth living in the jaws of society's trash can for misfit minds? What can I possibly achieve or contribute to mankind in this steel and concrete box with a damn loud laughing wall that moves? Just give up?

Até um homem de mente fraca quer ser como os outros homens. Uma criança pode não saber como se alimentar, ou o que comer, mas ela conhece a fome.

Dovevo combattere? Dargliela vinta? Soccombere al terzo mondo per sfuggire alle tragiche realtà che sono al di là della mia porta di acciaio? Ma vale la pena di vivere inghiottiti dal bidone della spazzatura che la società riserva alle menti disadattate?

I find that the longer I live, the more I worry about people and the less I worry about rules.

"Success is the one unpardonable sin against one's fellows."

"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead."

You either run with lions or walk with sheep.

Our value system must conform to His. Our actions must conform to our values.

A person remains immature, whatever his age, as long as he thinks of himself as an exception to the human race.

The young are of age when they twitter like the old; they are driven through school to learn the old song, and, when they have this by heart, they are declared of age.

Of course, I peed my pants, everyone my age pees their pants. It's the coolest.

It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian.

He who marries the spirit of the age soon becomes a widower.