Docility Quotes

12 quotes by 12 authors

Docility is the observable half of reason. — George Santayana
I have conceived a higher opinion of the natural capacities of the black race than I had ever before entertained. Their apprehension seems as quick,… — Benjamin Franklin
The veil deliberately marks women as private and restricted property, nonpersons. The veil sets women apart from men and apart from the world; it restrains… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
To the shepherds alone was given all power to teach, to judge, to direct; on the faithful was imposed the duty of following their teaching,… — Pope Leo XIII
The more we see that any action springs not from the motive of obedience, the more evident is it that it is a temptation of… — Teresa of Avila
Politically, the goal of todayâ€™s dominant trend is statism. Philosophically , the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically , it is the erosion of… — Ayn Rand
In all social systems there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life. That is, a class requiring… — James Henry Hammond
The State is not force alone. It depends upon the credulity of man quite as much as upon his docility. Its aim is not merely… — H. L. Mencken
Our true wisdom is to embrace with meek docility, and without reservation, whatever the holy scriptures have delivered. — John Calvin
It is puzzling to me that otherwise sensitive people develop a real docility about the obvious necessity of eating, at least once a day, in… — M.F.K. Fisher
Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term. One… — Carl Sagan
A man who is good from docility, and not from stern self-control, has no character. — Henry Hazlitt

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