Active Quote by John Philpot Curran

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

— Anonymous

The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.

— Georges Bataille

“God sovereignly decreed that man should be free to exercise moral choice, and man from the beginning has fulfilled that decree by making his…

— A.W. Tozer

It is our duty to endeavor always to promote the general good; to do to all as we would be willing to be done…

— Samuel West

Whenever a human being, through the commission of a crime, has become exiled from good, he needs to be reintegrated with it through suffering.…

— Simone Weil

God's justice stands forever against the sinner in utter severity. The vague and tenuous hope that God is 'too kind' to punish the ungodly…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

When we, by the working of mercy and grace, be made meek and mild, we are fully safe; suddenly is the soul oned to…

— Julian of Norwich

“Our responsibility before God is an inalienable aspect of our human dignity. Its final expression will be on the day of judgment. Nobody will…

— John Stott

The feudal concept of self-preservation is poisoned at the core by the virulent assumption of master and man, of potentate and slave, of external…

— Louis Sullivan

[P]erfect freedom consists in obeying the dictates of right reason, and submitting to natural law. When a man goes beyond or contrary to the…

— Samuel West

“For all that exists in man, whether good or evil, is rendered conspicuous by the presence of great danger. His inmost feelings are roused…

— Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker

The gods retain their threefold task: they must exorcize the terrors of nature, they must reconcile men to the cruelty of Fate, particularly as…

— Sigmund Freud