conformity quotes from influential philosophers, authors and people
"Resistance to the organized mass can be affected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself."
59
"We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people."
80
"Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual."
197
"The free man is a warrior."
364
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
371
"In heaven, all the interesting people are missing."
374
"You have to make the rules, not follow them."
566
"All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established."
584
"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything."
785
"They don’t give you the news for free becuase they want you to be informed. They give you the news because they want you to watch it so they can tell you what to think."
847
"New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common."
942
"We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us."
944
"I know the feelings of my heart, and I know men. I am not made like any of those I have seen; I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different. Whether Nature has acted rightly or wrongly in destroying the mould in which she cast me, can only be decided after I have been read."
1000
"Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal."
1029
"The most common form of despair is not being who you are."
1061