Divergent Quotes

Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.

Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous.

It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.

I'm not Dauntless - I'm Divergent. I am whatever I choose to be.

I'm Divergent. And I can't be controlled.

If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if you behave properly wit those holding divergent views from you or who criticize you, then you deserve to be credited with having an excellent character. (p. 99)

The divergent series are the invention of the devil, and it is a shame to base on them any demonstration whatsoever. By using them, one may draw any conclusion he pleases and that is why these series have produced so many fallacies and so many paradoxes.

I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent.

I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.

Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up

Who cares about pretty? I'm going for noticeable.

I only came for Cake" -Tobias Eaton, Divergent

Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.

The laws of Congress and the laws of physics have grown increasingly divergent, and the laws of physics are not likely to yield.

We each appear to hold within ourselves a range of divergent views as to our native qualities.. And amid such uncertainty, we typically turn to the wider world to settle the question of our significance.. we seem beholden to affections of others to endure ourselves.

When you put off a task, you buy yourself time to engage in divergent thinking rather than foreclosing on one particular idea.

A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy.

But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.

There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage - in controlling something, period.

Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it's so important that we don't rely on it.

I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father. I want to be judged on my own merits.

An open society calls itself open to improvement. It is based on the recognition that people have divergent views and interests, and that nobody is in possession of the ultimate truth.

I’m not anyone,” he says. “I’m nobody. That’s what being factionless is.

Fine," he says. "Then I love you.

It is more important for you to be safe than right, for the time being. Understand? (...) But please, when you see an opportunity...ruin them