Habit rules the unreflecting herd. – William Wordsworth, Ecclesiastical Sonnets, 1822

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. – Adlai Stevenson, speech, Princeton, 1954

A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Of what use to get what you want if you must become someone else to get it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com