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1 " People might consider you eccentric for being different, but this is good. Leaders and visionaries are not conformists afraid of standing out. "
― Fennel Hudson , A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1
2 " Our Western society is so deeply divided between these two approaches (moralism, self-discovery) that hardly anyone can conceive of any other way to live. If you criticize or distance yourself from one, everyone assumes you have chosen to follow the other, because each of these approaches tends to divide the whole world into two basic groups. The moral conformists say: " the immoral people -- the people who 'do their own thing' -- are the problem with the world, and moral people are the solution." The advocates of self-discovery say: " The bigoted peole -- the people who say, 'We have the Truth' -- are the problem with the world, and progressive people are the solution. "
3 " To be able to accept everything that comes our way, even the things we don’t want to accept, is the art of Love. However, this acceptance isn’t to become conformists or martyrs. The art of accepting has to do with surrendering the need for control; it’s ceasing the effort to regulate our environment and manipulate the human beings, as well as the other creatures, within it.“When we give up our attachment to the outcome and rest our minds in a peaceful state, then we have a better chance to act free from the results. Such a state of surrender could be described as “just be-ing”.“Whatever happens is an indication that at some level we’re ready for it, or at least we’ve got all the tools required in order to become ready, and face any problem or obstacle that may arise along this path. "
― Nityananda Das , Divine Union
4 " Every society honours its live conformists and its dead troublemakers. "
5 " Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers. "
