{"quotes":[{"text":"Many people are not conforming with theism, but they are comfortable with spiritualism.","author":"Debasish Mridha","tags":["conforming","conformity","debasish-mridha","debasish-mridha-m-d","inspirational","philosophy","quotes","spiritualism","theism"],"id":20275,"author_id":"Debasish+Mridha"},{"text":"The apostle Paul urges Christians everywhere in all ages to be nonconformists as far as the world system is concerned. We are not to conform. A true Christian, living an obedient life, is a constant rebuke to those who accept themoral standards of this world.","author":"Billy Graham","tags":["billy-graham","conforming","conformity","moral-standards","obedience","peer-pressure"],"id":31092,"author_id":"Billy+Graham"},{"text":"Societal peer pressure to conform runs strong, but as more of us continue to think and act for ourselves, rather than be under the influence of group-think, we begin to make more effective choices.","author":"Evita Ochel","tags":["choice","choices","conform","conforming","conformity","conscious","consciousness","free-will","group-think","herd-mentality","life","lifestyle","peer-pressure","society"],"id":36234,"author_id":"Evita+Ochel"},{"text":"There will be those who love you for your hair and those who love the beauty of your mind and those who adore the warmth of your heart. But there will be those who will leave you for not conforming to their type of hair, mind and heart. And there will be those who will live/die to see your bad hair days, derailed mind, and broken heart. But what matters most is Who You Are.","author":"Goitsemang Mvula","tags":["beauty","conforming","hair","heart","mind","rejection","self","self-discovery"],"id":39287,"author_id":"Goitsemang+Mvula"},{"text":"Pure hearts will be Christlike. It is God’s desire that we be conformed to the image of His Son.","author":"Billy Graham","tags":["billy-graham","conforming","conformity"],"id":46575,"author_id":"Billy+Graham"},{"text":"For meobedience to another is the decayof self.","author":"Charles Bukowski","tags":["conforming","conformity","decay","follow","independence","individualism","individuality","life","obedience","obey","self","self-sufficiency"],"id":81734,"author_id":"Charles+Bukowski"},{"text":"One of our most deep-seated fears is that we might be called an “outsider.” This fear has led us down the road to conformity, has put the imprint of “the organization man” on our souls, and has robbed us of originality of thought, individuality of personality, and constructive action.","author":"Billy Graham","tags":["billy-graham","conforming","conformity"],"id":132454,"author_id":"Billy+Graham"},{"text":"Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to.","author":"Simone de Beauvoir","tags":["conforming","daughters","expectations","fathers","ideals","perception"],"id":162155,"author_id":"Simone+de+Beauvoir"},{"text":"It is often asked, “How could the early disciples turn the world upside downwhen millions of Christians can’t even keep it right side up today?” The answer is they didn’t conform their faith to match the world. They had the truth, and they refused to water it down. They had a faith that would not compromise.","author":"Billy Graham","tags":["billy-graham","conforming","conformity","peer-pressure"],"id":168703,"author_id":"Billy+Graham"},{"text":"Human history is the ancient story of the umbilical conflict between a lone individual versus a cabalistic society. A love-hate relationship defines our personal history with society, where the suppression of individuality for the sake of the collective good battles the notion that the purpose of society is to enable each person to flourish. A conspicuous feature of cultural development involves societies teaching children the sublimation of unacceptable impulses or idealizations, consciously to transform their inappropriate instinctual impulses into socially acceptable actions or behavior. The paradox rest in the concept that in order for any person to flourish they must preserve the spiritual texture of themselves, a process that requires the individual to resist societal restraint, push off against the community, and reject the walls of traditionalism that seek to pen us in. The climatic defining event in a person’s life represents the liberation of the self from crippling conformism, staunchly rebuffing capitulating to the whimsy of the super ego of society.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["conforming","conformity-and-attitude","identity","impulse","impulse-control","impulsive","impulsiveness","impulsivity","independence","individual","individualism","individuality","instinct","instinctive","liberation","love-hate","love-hate","love-hate-relationship","personal-development","personal-growth","personal-liberty","personality","personality-development","personality","rejecting","self-acceptance","self-actualization","self-awareness","self-determination","self-determination","self-development","self-identity","self-realization","society","super-ego","traditionalism"],"id":172447,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":22,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}