Nonconformity By Emerson Quotes & Sayings

There are far too many people that waste their time telling themselves that they don't have enough time. — Daniel Willey

For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure. And therefore a man must know how to estimate a sour face. The by-standers look askance on him in the public street or in the friend's parlour. If this aversation had its origin in contempt and resistance like his own, he might well go home with a sad countenance; but the sour faces of the multitude, like their sweet faces, have no deep cause, but are put on and off as the wind blows and a newspaper directs. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

That soul-subduing sentiment, harshly called flirtation, which is the spell of a country house. — Benjamin Disraeli

For grace to be grace, it must give us things we didn't know we needed and take us places where we didn't know we didn't want to go. As we stumble through the crazily altered landscape of our lives, we find that God is enjoying our attention as never before. — Kathleen Norris

It was always fun to skate with Paul Wylie and Paul Martini. — Nancy Kerrigan

For nonconformity the world will whip you with its displeasure. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I set my genius to portray the pleasures of cruelty! These are no fickle, artificial delights, they began with man and with him they will die. — Comte De Lautreamont