#obedience

Obedience to the word in humility of mind never confuses. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

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War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder. ↗

— Alexander Berkman

#blind obedience #brutish #callousness #destruction #irresponsible

Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

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Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them. ↗

— Anthony de Mello

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A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women’s history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#control #diet #fad #feminism #feminist

He doesn't want you to obey a bunch of rules, He wants your love. ↗

— Lacey Mosley

#god #inspirational #love #obedience #religion

To procrastinate obedience is to disobey God. ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#discipline #obedience #procrastination #stewardship #tithing

If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#henry-david-thoreau #nature

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#dissent #nature

Replace a goal of obedience with one of connection and trust instead. Children are drawn to follow those to whom they are emotionally connected. By parenting not for obedience but for relationship, kids are naturally inclined to follow your lead. ↗

— Kelly Bartlett

#parenting #nature