Societal Conformity Quotes & Sayings

It is often difficult to educate a child about the beauty of an open mind when he is a prisoner of societal conformity. — Debasish Mridha

The aesthetic is an individual rather than a societal concern. — Harold Bloom

Blindly believing something often comes from societal conformity which is a sign of a lack of deep knowledge and imaginative consciousness. — Debasish Mridha

Most often we call a person intelligent when they learn to conform to the societal norm. Are they wise? — Debasish Mridha

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. — Alain De Botton

Freedom from a tyrant is easy, but freedom from societal conformity is difficult. — Debasish Mridha

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. — Evita Ochel

There's a societal push for conformity in all rways," he said. "There's less tolerance of difference. And so maybe for some people having a label is better. It can confer a sense of hope and direction. — Allen Frances

Renew yourself with love. Wash away all the fear, hatred and societal conformity to create a brand new humanity filled with love, kindness and happiness. — Debasish Mridha

I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me. — Lady Starlight

Psychiatric diagnoses are getting closer and closer to the boundary of normal," said Allen Frances. "That boundary is very populous. The most crowded boundary is the boundary with normal."
"Why?" I asked.
"There's a societal push for conformity in all ways," he said. "There's less tolerance of difference. And so maybe for some people having a label is better. It can confer a sense of hope and direction. 'Previously I was laughed at, I was picked on, no one liked me, but now I can talk to fellow bipolar sufferers on the Internet and no longer feel alone.'" He paused. "In the old days some of them may have been given a more stigmatizing label like conduct disorder or personality disorder or oppositional defiant disorder. Childhood bipolar takes the edge of guilt away from parents that maybe they created an oppositional child. — Jon Ronson

Am I a prisoner of my thoughts?
Am I a prisoner of my societal conformity?
Who am I?
How conscious am I?
Am I conscious or obnoxious? — Debasish Mridha

Go out of societal conformity to see and create uplifting beauty. — Debasish Mridha

We must not allow ourselves to be the prisoners of our societal conformity. — Debasish Mridha

One must conform to the baseness of an age or become neurotic. — Robert Musil

You are only free when you can grow wings of wisdom to fly away from the cage of societal conformity. — Debasish Mridha