To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to read more

To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.

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.

Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.

The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.

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.