Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
If you follow all of the rules, you'll miss all of the fun.
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
Those who talk about individuality the most are the ones who most object to deviation, and in a few years it may be the other way around. Some day everybody will just think what they want to think, and then everybody will probably be thinking alike; that seems to be what is happening.
The pornographers are not a deviation from the norm. Their presence in the mainstream shouldn't be surprising, because they represent mainstream values: The logic of domination and subordination that is central to patriarchy, hyper-patriotic nationalism, white supremacy, and a predatory corporate capitalism.
For too long, we've assumed that there is a single template for human nature, which is why we diagnose most deviations as disorders. But the reality is that there are many different kinds of minds. And that's a very good thing.
Digressions are part of harmony, deviations too.
The trouble with writing a book about yourself is that you can’t fool around. If you write about someone else, you can stretch the truth from here to Finland. If you write about yourself the slightest deviation makes you realize instantly that there may be honor among thieves, but you are just a dirty liar.
The deviation of man from the state in which he was originally placed by nature seems to have proved to him a prolific source of diseases
Any deviation is looked upon as a perversion, is feared, and is usually a target of hatred and prejudice.
The investigations also proved that there were many cases of spontaneous deviation, i.e. cases where there had been no stimulation of the semi-circular canal apparatus.
Deviation from either truth or duty is a downward path.
Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.
The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.
Great steps in human progress are made by things that don't work the way philosophy thought they should. If things always worked the way they should, you could write the history of the world from now on. But they don't, and it is those deviations from the normal that make human progress.
Invention is nothing more than a fine deviation from, or enlargement on a fine model . . .
Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path.
The average artist, if he chooses, could render an exact drawing of what he sees. Artistic work not only allows but demands some deviation from form and line. Just how far this may go depends on the viewpoint of each painter.
Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they, when relating it, say that it happened at another, do not let it pass, but instantly check them; you do not know where deviation from truth will end
There's not much room for deviation, yet if you manage to crack it, there then you can express things that actually do sound unique and genuinely original.
I have supported my deviations with reasons; I did not stop at mere doubt; I have vanquished, I have uprooted, I have destroyed everything in my heart that might have interfered with my pleasure.
Conventions which camouflage a man's true feelings are a spiritual lie which help him adapt himself to the organized deviations of society.
Temporary deviations from fundamental principles are always more or less dangerous. When the first pretext fails, those who become interested in prolonging the evil will rarely be at a loss for other pretexts.
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