Conformity Quote by William O. Douglas

“When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes a quest, in that movement God endows us with power.”

— Ezra Taft Benson

“This man's spiritual power has been precisely this, that he has distinguished between custom and creed. He has broken the conventions, but he has…

— G.K. Chesterton

“Every exercise of power incorporates a faint, almost imperceptible, element of contempt for those over whom the power is exercised. One can only dominate…

— Sándor Márai

“It is our belief and our practice that in order to rebel and struggle, we need neither leaders, nor caudillos, nor messiahs, nor saviors.…

— sub commandante Marcos

“imperceptible, element of contempt for those over whom the power is exercised. One can only dominate another human soul if one knows, understands, and…

— Sándor Márai

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

— Saul Bellow

“Our contemporaries are constantly excited by two conflicting passions; they want to be led, and they wish to remain free: as they cannot destroy…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Everybody wants power. Power in some form or other. [...] Some people want power to persecute other human beings; you expend your lust for…

— Aldous Huxley

“if anybody dreams of the exclusive survival of his own religion and the destruction of the others, I pity him from the bottom of…

— Swami Vivekananda

“Never struggle against any obstacle; Observe, concentrate and witness; Accept, indulge to transform and overcome, For or against, but with equal respect and in…

— Gian Kumar

“The powerful have a hard time seeing their own power and its effects. We do not see when our exercise of power is cutting…

— Andy Crouch