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The supreme lesson of any education should be to think for yourself and to be yourself; absent this attainment, education creates dangerous, stupefying conformity.

~Bryant H. Mcgill

Topics: Absent Any Attainment Be Yourself Conformity Creates Dangerous Education Lesson Should Supreme Think Yourself

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The race of man, while sheep in credulity, are wolves for conformity.

~Carl Clinton Van Doren

Topics: Conformity Credulity Man Race Sheep While Wolves

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The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker peoples.

~Carter G. Woodson

Topics: Because Been Conformity Defects Does Education Enslaved Good However Modern Modern Education More Much Needs Oppressed Others Out People So-Called Than Those Weaker Who Worked

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The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God.

~Charles Bent

Topics: Conformity Desire End Full Get God Granted Human Human Life Joyful Life Much Prayer Put Real Single Will

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We are half ruined by conformity, but we should be wholly ruined without it.

~Charles Dudley Warner

Topics: Conformity Half Ruined Should Wholly Without

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Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.

~Chauncey Depew

Topics: Any Conformity Controversy Cost Counted Dangers Expose Fear Follow Ideas Important Independent Issues Label Less Mind Path Seem Speak Stand Stand Up Stigma Than Thinker Unsafe Up You Your

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So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality, nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit.

~Christopher Mccandless

Topics: Adventurous Appear Because Change Circumstances Conditioned Conformity Conservation Damaging Give Initiative Life Live Many May Mind More Nothing Peace Peace Of Mind People Reality Security Situation So Many People Spirit Take Unhappy Which Will Within

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What sometimes goes on in all sorts of Christian institutions is not formation of people in the character of Christ; it's teaching of outward conformity. You don't get in trouble for not having the character of Christ, but you do if you don't obey the laws.

~Dallas Willard

Topics: Character Christ Christian Conformity Formation Get Goes Having Institutions Laws Obey Outward People Sometimes Sort Teaching Trouble You

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The human race is a herd. Here we are, unique, eternal aspects of consciousness with an infinity of potential, and we have allowed ourselves to become an unthinking, unquestioning blob of conformity and uniformity. A herd. Once we concede to the herd mentality, we can be controlled and directed by a tiny few. And we are.

~David Icke

Topics: Allowed Aspects Become Concede Conformity Consciousness Controlled Directed Eternal Few Herd Here Human Human Race Infinity Mentality Once Ourselves Potential Race Tiny Uniformity Unique

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Fear, conformity, immorality: these are heavy burdens. They drain us of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy, we do not create. We procreate, but we do not create.

~David Mccallum

Topics: Burdens Conformity Create Creative Drain Drained Energy Fear Heavy Immorality Us

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