Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect

Quote by Averroes

Topics: Conformity Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight...

I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight...

The race of man, while sheep in credulity, are wolves for conformity.

The race of man, while sheep in credulity, are wolves for conformity.

That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative...

That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative...

I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.

I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.

It may be that we are puppets-puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at...

It may be that we are puppets-puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at...

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...

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being...

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being...

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...

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...

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

A prison becomes a home when you have the key.

A prison becomes a home when you have the key.

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

Be led by your talent, not by your self-loathing; those other things you just have...

Be led by your talent, not by your self-loathing; those other things you just have...

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...

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.

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'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.

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

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

There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had...

There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had...

Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard.

Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard.