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People say ‘be yourself’ because they want you to resist the impulse to conform to what others want you to be. But you can’t be yourself if you don’t learn who are, and you can’t learn who you are unless you think about it.
John Roberts • "I Wish You Bad Luck"
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The moment you choose to become like someone else however great or holy, you have prostituted your being. Think sadly of the divine spark of uniqueness that lies within you, buried under layers of fear. The fear that you will be ridiculed or rejected if you dare to be yourself and refuse to conform mechanically in the way you dress and act and thin
... See moreAnthony SJ de Mello • The Way to Love: Meditations for Life
As soon as you start down the slippery slope of doing things based on convention, you are diluting your independence and uniqueness, which is to say your reason for existing. Even the smallest things can start to bend you toward conformity.
Joel Cohen • Interview with Josh Tarasoff, Founder of Greenlea Lane Capital
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Conformity can be a big problem. One of my favourite quotes actually is from Václav Havel, former president of the Czech Republic, and it says: ‘Follow the man who seeks the truth. Run from the man who has found it’. My worry at the moment is that there will be a move towards such conformity. In a world where people are confused and scared, they wi... See more
10 Questions Michael Townsend Williams
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Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.
Dale Carnegie • How to Win Friends and Influence People
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“Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.”
Bennis • On Becoming a Leader
A man…progresses in all things by making a fool of himself.*1
—george bernard shaw
Tom Vanderbilt • Beginners
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