11 Quotes About the Dangers of Conformity From Smart People
Conformity comes with consequences
The world will give you a thousand good reasons to conform; acceptance, protection, approval, love, friendship, stability, affiliation… The list goes on. What’s more, these reasons will come from all quarters, from parents, schools, teachers, corporations, bosses, police and the government, all willing to readily explain why you should stick to the rules they dictate.
But it’s your life, not theirs.
You weren’t born to blend in. Life isn’t just about getting through it, head down. Conformity comes with side effects; each time you toe the line you’re choosing someone else’s standards to live up to whilst simultaneously killing off the uncountable number of ways to be yourself.
Still, don’t trust my words, I’m just (looks in the mirror) one guy. Instead, trust the words of those smarter and more enlightened than I am.
Here are 12 quotes about the dangers of conformity from the wise and learned to help you break from the shackles of expectation.
Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains. —Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an eighteenth-century philosopher, composer and one of those…
