Fitting in with the World

My father said to me many times to be in the world, not of the world. That is easy for me to do because I often feel like a misfit. In fact, I try to be different. I think it is fun to do things to embarrass my children. I like these thoughts from Ezra Taft Benson.
The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ takes the slums out of people, and then they take themselves out of the slums. The world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature.