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No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform.

Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity.

Non-conformity is the only real passion worth being ruled by.

nothing is more restful than conformity.

Of what use to get what you want if you must become someone else to get it.

Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states.

One must never forbid oneself anything. One must also be able to go back, one must always be able to change.

One of the saddest things about conformity is the ghastly sort of non-conformity it breeds; the noisy protesting, the aggressive rebelliousness, the rigid counter-fetishism.

Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself.

Our expenses are all for conformity.

Our real journey in life is interior.

Public opinion, because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious animals, is less tolerant than any system of law.

People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.

Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.

Remember: Bureaucracy elevates conformity ... Make that elevates 'fatal stupidity' to the status of religion.

Resistance is the secret of joy!

Schools are generally feminine places, institutions where conformity is valued, taught largely by conformist women.

Seeds have the power to preserve species, to enhance cultural as well as genetic diversity, to counter economic monopoly and to check the advance of conformity on all its many fronts.

See what no one else sees. See what everyone chooses not to see... out of fear, conformity or laziness. See the whole world anew each day!

My darling girl, when are you going to understand that "normal" isn't a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage.

Skepticism requires disbelief and curiosity, not conformity to conventional wisdom. There's no science here. This is pure politics.

Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members.

Singularity in the right hath ruined many; happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.

Society values cooperation over independence, obedience over individuality, and niceness above all else.

Someone once said that under the bell jar of compliance, the only thing that blooms is rage.

Tess was my first experience of a woman who had inhabited her weirdness, moved into the areas of herself that made her distinct from those around her, and learned how to display them proudly.

The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art, but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history.

Sin is lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either in act, disposition, or state

Take the tone of the company you are in...

The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare.

The Chains of conformity click in tiresomely monotonous unison.

The American people...have a stake in non-conformity. For they know that the American genius is non-conformist.

The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one's own convictions - not obstinately or defiantly

The constant pressure to bring about conformity is a dangerous thing.

The eager and often inconsiderate appeals of reformers and revolutionists are indispensable to counterbalance the inertia and fossilism marking so large a part of human institutions.

The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement.