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“I merely observe that all living things are manipulated. As long as there is a will, it is bent and twisted constantly. Only the dead are allowed the luxury of freedom, and then only because they want nothing, and therefore can't be thwarted.”

Want Long Luxury Conformity Bent Twisted Living Things

Book:Songmaster

Source: Songmaster

“The good, say the mystics of spirit, is God, a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive — a definition that invalidates man's consciousness and nullifies his concepts of existence. The good, say the mystics of muscle, is Society — a thing which they define as an organism that possesses no physical form, a super-being embodied in no one in particular and everyone in general except yourself.... The purpose of man's life, say both, is to become an abject zombie who serves a purpose he does not know, for reasons he is not to question.”

Knows Men Doe Reason Form Spirit Purpose Existence Consciousness Particular Concepts Definitions Muscles Conformity Organisms Zombie

Author:Ayn Rand

“If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?”

Ifs Trying Looks Oneself Conformity Outward Appearance Greyhounds Outer Appearance Greyhound Bus Pekingese

Book:Edith Sitwell: fire of the mind : an anthology

Source: Edith Sitwell: fire of the mind : an anthology

“Singularity in the right hath ruined many; happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.”

Opinion Convinced Conformity Conform Ruined Nonconformity Singularity

Book:Poor Richard's Almanack

Source: Poor Richard's Almanack

“Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity.”

Ifs Youth Adults Pressure Surrender Conformity Teens Vague I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

Book:The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou

Source: The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou

“For all have not the gift of martyrdom.”

Conformity Conform Martyrdom Nonconformity

Book:THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN, Esq; Containing All His ORIGINAL POEMS, TALES, AND TRANSLATIONS, IN FOUR VOLUMES.: VOLUME THE SECOND

Source: THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN, Esq; Containing All His ORIGINAL POEMS, TALES, AND TRANSLATIONS, IN FOUR VOLUMES.: VOLUME THE SECOND

“No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform.”

Men Earth Force Opinion Conscience Slave Conformity Conform Public Opinion Prosecution

Book:Euripides: Hecuba, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Andromache, translated by J. F. Nims. The Trojan women, translated by R. Lattimore. Ion, translated by R. F. Willetts

Source: Euripides: Hecuba, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Andromache, translated by J. F. Nims. The Trojan women, translated by R. Lattimore. Ion, translated by R. F. Willetts

“We arrange our lives-even the best and boldest men and women that exist, just as much as the most limited-with reference to what society conventionally rules and makes right.”

Men Our Lives Men And Women Conformity

Book:Specimen Days & Collect

Source: Specimen Days & Collect

“We're all getting lashed to the great wheel of uniformity.”

Wheels Conformity Uniformity

Author:Robert James Waller

“Adjustment, that synonym for conformity that comes more easily to the modern tongue, is the theme of our swan song, the piper's tune to which we dance on the brink of the abyss, the siren's melody that destroys our senses and paralyzes our wills.”

Song Modern Tongue Senses Theme Tunes Melody Conformity Abyss Adjustment Swans Sirens Synonym Pipers

Author:Robert M. Lindner

“Ideation is not a synonym for innovation, conformity is not its simple antonym, and innovation is not the automatic consequence of "creative thinking.".”

Thinking Simple Creative Consequence Innovation Conformity Creative Thinking Synonym Ideation

Author:Theodore Levitt

“Instincts under pressure crush the carbon of conformity and create diamonds. Each new season of life offers to train us for the next season if we pay attention and adapt.”

Ifs Inspirational Next Pay Attention Offers Seasons Pressure Train Instinct Pay Attention Crush Conformity Diamond Carbon Under Pressure Seasons Of Life

Author:T. D. Jakes

“He who lives among dogs must learn to pant.”

Author:Fred Hoyle

“Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.”

Doe Reality Ideals Conformity Conform

Author:Gustave Flaubert