A prison becomes a home when you have the key.

Quote by George Sterling

Topics: Conformity Quotes, Philosophy Quotes

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who...

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who...

The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.

The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.

I'll never fall in line, become another victim of your conformity and back down.

I'll never fall in line, become another victim of your conformity and back down.

Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect

Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect

We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything,...

We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything,...

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.

I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.

Not that I wish by any means to deny, that the mental life of individuals...

Not that I wish by any means to deny, that the mental life of individuals...

Unfortunately what came out of it was also kind of an imitation community with a...

Unfortunately what came out of it was also kind of an imitation community with a...

In a world where conformity breeds acceptance, stand tall and go against the grain, because...

In a world where conformity breeds acceptance, stand tall and go against the grain, because...

I have a high state of resentment for the conformity in this country. If you're...

I have a high state of resentment for the conformity in this country. If you're...

To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the...

To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the...

Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me...

Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me...

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

The principles are clear and explicit. The free market is fine for the third world...

The principles are clear and explicit. The free market is fine for the third world...

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

So, the path of the co-creator is to be awakened spiritually within, which then turns...

So, the path of the co-creator is to be awakened spiritually within, which then turns...

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if...

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if...