Quotes on Nonconformism

A few quotes that sum up the philosophical viewpoint I would like to explore in this blog:

“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” 
― John F. Kennedy

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.” 
― Henry David Thoreau

“The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.” 
― John Kenneth Galbraith

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."  

― Mark Twain

"Be neither a conformist or a rebel, for they are really the same thing.  Find your own path, and stay on it."

― Paul Vixie

"If you don't stand for anything, you don't stand for anything! If you don't stand for something, you don't stand for anything!''  

― George W. Bush