It takes no resolution to agree with the crowd.
Group pressure is a very compelling influence.
And only a strong mind continues to hold convictions
after they have become unpopular.
All social progress, however, is the result of the
leadership of intelligent and unselfish minorities.
And character is always the consequence of
independent self-reliant decision.
Modern propaganda and standardization are fatal foes of spiritual life.
The urge to accept ideas and customs because "everyone else does,"
destroys the impulse to do the best regardless of consequences.
Among the many needs of our generation, the greatest is to stand alone,
to be true to convictions of right and wrong, and to be willing to pay the
price of non-conformity.
Anonymous
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