It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life

It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life

I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies read more

I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies upon us

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.

Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.

I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest to read more

I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest to make money they don't want to buy things they don't need to impress people they dislike.

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing read more

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

"ase by case, we find that conformity is the easy way, and the path to privilege and prestige; dissidence carries read more

"ase by case, we find that conformity is the easy way, and the path to privilege and prestige; dissidence carries personal costs.

Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.

Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.