Conformity, humility, acceptance with these coins we are to pay our fares to paradise.
Conformity is an imitation of grace.
Man. . must necessarily be subject to the laws of his Creator, for he is entirely a dependent being. . And, consequently, as man depends absolutely upon his Maker for everything, it is necessary that he should in all points conform to his Maker's will.
Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.
I always wonder why some people see things as weird and some people don't.
You have mourned over others; now sit down for a while and weep over your own self.
It's weird not to be weird.
With the spread of conformity and image-driven superficiality, the allure of an individuated woman in full possession of herself and her powers will prove irresistible. We were born for plenitude and inner fulfillment.
Art is not a mirror but an icon. It takes the chaos in which we live and shows us structure and pattern, not the structure of conformity which imprisons but the structure which liberates, sets us free to become growing, mature human beings.
Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.
To be ones self and unafraid whether right or wrong is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
As to conforming outwardly and living your own life inwardly, I do not think much of that.
Conformity may give you a quiet life; it may even bring you to a University Chair. But all change in history, all advance, comes from the nonconformists. If there had been no trouble-makers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.
The opposite of courage is conformity
The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare.
This new declaration which emphasizes the necessity of global disarmament is based on the purposes and principles of the United Nations, in particular the prohibition of the threat and use of force, and on the obligation to negotiate disputes in conformity with the UN Charter. It is a strong and positive example for the entire world.
The American ideal is, after all, that everyone should be as much alike as possible.
For all have not the gift of martyrdom.
Unfortunately what came out of it was also kind of an imitation community with a lot of mindless conformity.
A man must consider what a blindman's-buff is this game of conformity.