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.

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

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

I only came for Cake" -Tobias Eaton, Divergent

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Human reason can excuse any evil.

You are holding a loaded gun, you idiot. Act like it.

I love you." He frowns. "Say it again." "Tobias," I say. "I love you.

Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.

Indeed, the "whole bourgeoisie" on whose behalf the government was acting as its "committee" was a composite of a vast multitude of businessmen appearing as a conglomeration of many different and divergent groups and interests.

Discussing a problem with yourself is almost never a good way to secure a divergent viewpoint.

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

I am no longer Tris, the selfless, or Tris, the brave. I suppose that now, I must become more than either.

At 78 years old, I am not surprised at much anymore. Germany has taken divergent positions before, so has France, so has England, so has the US.

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

If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are a coward.

I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.

I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.

Because there might come a day when there is no flashlight, there is no gun, there is no guiding hand. And I want to be ready for it." (divergent pg.138)

Leaving us with Eric is like hiring a babysitter who spends his time sharpening knives.

Beatrice. We should think of our family. But. But we must also think of ourselves.

It's when you're acting selflessly that you are at your bravest." --Four in Divergent

It must require bravery to be honest all the time.

My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to give power to those who do not want it.

Not long time ago there was a striking example of the extent to which English has diverged: a television company put out a programme filmed in the English city of Newcastle, where the local variety of English is famously divergent and difficult, and the televised version was accompanied by English subtitles!

As the networks evolve, so do my opinions toward them, and my divergent feelings bring out conflicting points of view. In advance, I apologize to those who expect a consistent position from me.

I have a message for the Divergent" I am Divergent. "This is not a negotiation" No, it is not. "It is a warning" I understand. "Every two days until one of you delivers yourself to Erudite headquarters . . ." I will. " . . . this will happen again" It will never happen again.

Puerto Rico has two divergent paths forward. After a reasonable transition period, it could become a state. Or it can become a sovereign nation.

I think it's really important to look at the walk and not the talk, and if you look at the walk, our paths [with Hillary Clinton] are extremely divergent.

Matter of fact, the interesting friendships are the ones that are divergent.

I was in good shape from Divergent. Damien Chazelle, the director of Whiplash told me, 'Stop Working Out! Don't go outside!' He wanted me pale and doughy. This is the first movie where I shut myself off from the world. It was, by far, the hardest thing I've ever done.

While truth is ultimately convergent, beauty is ultimately divergent. No one can and no one should tell anyone else what that person should consider beautiful.