Linus Torvalds Quotes

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.

The human race is a herd. Here we are, unique, eternal aspects of consciousness with an infinity of potential, and we have allowed ourselves to become an unthinking, unquestioning blob of conformity and uniformity. A herd. Once we concede to the herd mentality, we can be controlled and directed by a tiny few. And we are.

I love collaborating with people, but I also really love working by myself.

If you really wish to be independent and make your own judgements about everything important, it is difficult to be a good team player —because a team has different criteria for making judgements about an issue.

The enemy of individuality is groupthink.

A cricket team is always made up of 11 different individuals and you want to give them enough flexibility to be themselves.

I love writing - it's the best. But I really hate collaboration.

We collaborate together. We work with other people. We work by ourselves.

Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom of speech.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Group action -- yes; group thinking -- no.

I definitely enjoy working with people who can do their thing but also allow me to do my thing, you know? Who respect the process.

We're in a very individual sport, but they like us not to be so individual. They'd rather have you look like every other cookie cutter guy and have you believe that you're replaceable when you're really not.

Autonomy leads to empowerment. We work hard to maintain a balance between collaboration and cooperation and independence.

I'd never jump on a bandwagon; sometimes people do that and it's not what I wanted to do.

At Manchester, everyone plays for himself and does what he wants but it works out in the end.

I have a suspicion of lockstep and everyone looking in the same direction: that's a key character trait in me.

The writing partnership is a good collaboration for the same reason the marriage works, which is two people who can stand alone choosing to stand together.

Conformity is dangerous.

You have to do it by yourself. You can not do it alone.

If it requires a uniform, it's a worthless endeavor.

We are like snails, each stuck to his own leaf.

When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

We all can't shine at the same time.