Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect

Quote by Averroes

Topics: Conformity Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

A prison becomes a home when you have the key.

A prison becomes a home when you have the key.

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 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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,...

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...

I find the earth to be a place of misery in which I am surrounded...

I find the earth to be a place of misery in which I am surrounded...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought...

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought...

In travelling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

In travelling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth

You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth