#conformity

Rome should sometimes intervene and say this or that is not in conformity with the Catholic faith. Theologians should understand that. Some theologians go too far, for example, reducing the Catholic faith to a universal philosophy. ↗

— Godfried Danneels

#catholic faith #conformity #example #faith #far

Or about how when you're a child, to stop you from following the crowd you're assaulted with the line "If everyone jumped off a bridge, would you?" but when you're an adult and to be different is suddenly a crime, people seem to be saying, "Hey. Everyone else is jumping off a bridge. Why aren't you? ↗

— Steve Toltz

#crime

The job is what you do when you are told what to do. The job is showing up at the factory, following instructions, meeting spec, and being managed. Someone can always do your job a little better or faster or cheaper than you can. The job might be difficult, it might require skill, but it's a job. Your art is what you do when no one can tell you exactly how to do it. Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people. I call the process of doing your art 'the work.' It's possible to have a job and do the work, too. In fact, that's how you become a linchpin. The job is not the work. ↗

— Seth Godin

#artists #commitment #conformity #dedication #job

Curiosity is very important I think, and I think too much of education, starting with childhood education, is either designed to kill curiosity or it works out that way anyway. ↗

— Myles Horton

#creativity #curiosity #education #change

I found it hateful, yet I wanted to be part of it. ↗

— Storm Constantine

#evil #humanity #society #love

It’s better to be a “misfit” than a “one-size-fits-all”! ↗

— Mandy Hale

#conformity #fitting-in #loving-yourself #misfit #not-fitting-in

So you're a little weird? Work it! A little different? OWN it! Better to be a nerd than one of the herd! ↗

— Mandy Hale

#being-different #being-yourself #conformity #different #fitting-in

The Master said of Gong Yechang, “He is marriageable. Although he was once imprisoned and branded as a criminal, he was in fact innocent of any crime.” The Master gave him his daughter in marriage. (Analects 5.1) ↗

— Confucius

#individuality #marriage

One of the useful things about age is realizing conventional wisdom is often simply inertia with a candy coating of conformity. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#wisdom #age

Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. ↗

— Apple Inc.

#apple #change #commercial #computers #different