Authority Quote by Vincent de Paul

“Monks, even if bandits were to savagely sever you, limb by limb, with a double-handled saw, even then, whoever of you harbors ill will…

— Gautama Buddha

Now I find that in a state of pure obedience the mind learns contentment in appearing weak and foolish to that wisdom which is…

— John Woolman

Because monks come from the midst of purity, they consider as good and pure what does not arouse desire among other people.

— Dogen

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can; and conquered they must be, or neither wisdom nor…

— Samuel Johnson

Now I find that in pure obedience the mind learns contentment, in appearing weak and foolish to the wisdom which is of this World;…

— John Woolman

Those who either from imprudence or want of sagacity avoid doing so, are always overwhelmed with servitude and poverty; for faithful servants are always…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

No sublime wisdom asks to be worshipped or served; the greatest and the most honourable masters are those who refuse to have slaves!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

For of all slaveholders with whom I have ever met, religious slaveholders are the worst. I have ever found them the meanest and basest,…

— Frederick Douglass

Many people seek after what they do not possess and are thus enslaved by the very things they want to acquire

— Anonymous

Lay down true principles and adhere to them inflexibly. Do not be frightened into their surrender by the alarms of the timid, or the…

— Thomas Jefferson

Unquestionably, it is the duty of every master to watch over the religious and moral culture of his slaves, and to give them every…

— Roger B. Taney

It takes physical courage to indulge in wickedness. The "good" are too cowardly to do it.

— Friedrich Nietzsche