“Once a man discovers that his obedience is primarily for others’ sake, that every miracle that ever amazed happened because of someone’s… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
Obedience is necessary not only for monks, but for all people. Even the Lord was obedient. The proud and self-regarding do not… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
“Now it is easy to perceive that the moral part of love is a factitious sentiment, engendered by society, and cried up… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
The pseudo-conscience ... demands not obedience to the inner law of our being, but conformity to super-imposed convention. — Frances G. Wickes Copy Share Image
Moses lifting up his wand, and dividing the Red Sea, and Pharaoh in his chariot overwhelmed with the waters. This motto: "Rebellion… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Sol wanted to know how any ethical system – much less a religion so indomitable that it had survived every evil mankind… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
This command seems to me to be strictly a missionary injunction; so that, apart altogether from choice and other lower reasons, my… — James Gilmour Copy Share Image
War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood. It degrades and stupefies with the sense that you are not… — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
Persons of mean understandings, not so inquisitive, nor so well instructed, are made good Christians, and by reverence and obedience, implicity believe,… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience; but, as blind obedience is ever… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
I suppose the idea about all Orthodox religion is that it's a kind of submission, obedience. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
Our identity as the people of God is marked primarily by our faithfulness in obedience to Him. — Max Anders Copy Share Image
Just as the earth is a planet in its own right, so each of us is an individual in our own sphere… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
“Describing Bonhoeffer's demeanor on returning to danger in Germany rather than safety in America, with "with a strong and joyful firmness such… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
Anticipatory obedience teaches authorities what is possible and accelerates unfreedom. — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
Before civil disobedience can be practised on a vast scale, people must learn the art of civil or voluntary obedience. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If congress refuses to obey its own rules. If congress refuses to pass a balanced budget. If congress refuses to read the… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I do not know What kind of my obedience I should tender. More than my all is nothing; nor my prayers Are… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Through Khadi we teach the people the art of civil obedience to an institution which they have built up for themselves. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The father receives his power from God (and from his own father). The teacher finds the soil already prepared for obedience, and… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
Have faith to keep all the commandments of God, knowing that they are given to bless His children and bring them joy.… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
