Authority is a solvent of humanity: look at any husband, any father of a family, and note the absorption of the person by the persona, the individual by the role. Then multiply the family, and the authority, by some hundreds and see the effect upon a sea-captain, to say nothing of an absolute monarch. Surely man in general is born to be oppressed or solitary, if he is to be fully human; unless it so happens that he is immune to the poison. Patrick OBrian
Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
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Henry David Thoreau
To be a philosopher, just reverse everything you have ever been told...and have a sense of humor doing it.
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Criss Jami
There is more for us to gain through love than hate.
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Suzy Kassem
I can safely say, on the authority of all that is revealed in the Word of God, that any man or woman on this earth who is bored and turned off by worship is not ready for heaven.
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A.W. Tozer
The mathematicians are the priests of the modern world.
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Bill Gaede
More Quotes By Patrick OBrian
Sir, ’ said Stephen, ‘I read novels with the utmost pertinacity. I look upon them-- I look upon good novels--as a very valuable part of literature, conveying more exact and finely-distinguished knowledge of the human heart and mind than almost any other, with greater breadth...
I sew his ears on from time to time, sure.
I should send my bees ashore for you, upon my sacred honour.
Well, I will wear the bees, like Damon and Pythagoras — ho, a mere sixty thousand bees in the cabin don't signify, much.
You do not mean there is danger of peace?", cried Jack.
