Non-Conformity

The Transcendentalism based essay "Self-Reliance", written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, has one quote that relates to non-conformity and really speaks to me. It says: “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” What this tells me is that everyone that follows the crowd is going to stay a small foolish person. People need to go with their own ideas. If people followed each other and had the same ideas, we wouldn't be as advanced as we are today. People need to stand out and make their own decisions. That will need to new ideas and new advancements in life.