The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.

The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but 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.

Roads are just a suggestion, like pants.

Roads are just a suggestion, like pants.

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.

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.

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if read more

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.

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.

Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.

Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who read more

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.