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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let read more
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
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 least we are puppets with read more
It may be that we are puppets-puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at least we are puppets with perception, with awareness. And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike read more
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
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.
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
Roads are just a suggestion, like pants.
Roads are just a suggestion, like pants.
A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.
A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.