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"Conformity is the biggest enemy of progress. Break those limiting social rules."
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"There is a comfort in conformity, a security in control, that is appealing. There is a thrill in domination, and we are all secretly attracted to violence."

"Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not really interested in order to get where you're going."

"Who was I fooling, telling my heart to quiet its beautiful song so I could march in the parade of conformity? My biggest fool was me."

"In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone."

"A 'normal person' is what is left after society has squeezed out all unconventional opinions and aspirations out of a human being."

"Conformity is often more dangerous than war. War destroys the body but confomity destoys the imaginative mind."

"I had not, it seems, the originality to chalk out a new road to shame and destruction, but trode the old track with stupid exactness not to deviate an inch from the beaten centre."

"It is not only the hostility of others that may prevent us from questioning the status quo. Our will to doubt can be just as powerfully sapped by an internal sense that societal conventions must have a sound basis, even if we are not sure exactly what this may be, because they have been adhered to by a great many people for a long time. It seems implausible that our society could be gravely mistaken in its beliefs, and at the same time, that we would be alone in noticing the fact. We stifle our doubts, and follow the flock, because we cannot conceive of ourselves as pioneers of hitherto unknown difficult truths. It is for help in overcoming our meekness that we can turn to the philosopher."

"The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity."

"Most people do not have a problem with you thinking for yourself, as long as your conclusions are the same as or at least compatible with their beliefs."
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"You may not be able to control the whole world, but you may learn to control your inner world through yoga."

"Nourish yourself with the water of love to grow flowers of happiness in the garden of your heart."

"The future is created by those who have a great imagination and the will to make it a reality by their actions."

"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."
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"Knowledge, ideas, and wisdom are the most powerful forces that we can use to improve lives while bringing peace to this beautiful world."
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