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Erich Fromm
“Indeed, freedom and the capacity for disobedience are inseparable; hence any social, political, and religious system which proclaims freedom, yet stamps out disobedience, cannot speak the truth.”
Erich Fromm, On Disobedience: Why Freedom Means Saying No to Power

Carla H. Krueger
“Disorder, disobedience & rule breaking are features of all my stories.”
Amaya Ellman

Michael Bassey Johnson
“You can do the right thing that seems wrong to others, or the wrong thing that seems right, and its actually puerile to await recommendation when what you are about to do doesn't concerns anyone.”
Michael Bassey Johnson

“...wherever there is society, there is authority and the temptation to disobedience because our individual wills refuse to submit...”
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

Erich Fromm
“For centuries kings, priests, feudal lords, industrial bosses and parents have insisted that obedience is a virtue and that disobedience is a vice.”
Erich Fromm, On Disobedience: Why Freedom Means Saying No to Power

Israelmore Ayivor
“The suicide committed by Sampson was partly determined by the craftiness of Delilah and partly decided by the disobedience of Sampson. Satan uses crafty means to set traps for us, but by our obedience of the laws of God, the traps remain functionless.”
Israelmore Ayivor

“The recasting of the Origin Myth as a story about the perils of disobedience precipitated a kind of decoupling of scripture from religious experience: when religious authorities began to insist on the literal truth of scripture, they were effectively promoting a kind of secular rationalism that states that one does not need to have a religious experience of any kind to live a moral life: all one has to do is declare one’s faith in scripture, in the doctrine of Jesus’ divinity and such, and accept the authority of the Holy Catholic Church as God’s representative on Earth.”
Daniel Waterman, Entheogens, Society and Law: The Politics of Consciousness, Autonomy and Responsibility

Jared Brock
“Thank God for a little holy disobedience.”
Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

Charles W. Colson
“It is time for us Christians to face up to our responsibility for holiness. Too often we say we are “defeated” by this or that sin. No, we are not defeated; we are simply disobedient. It might be well if we stopped using the terms “victory” and “defeat” to describe our progress in holiness. Rather we should use the terms “obedience” and “disobedience.”
Charles Colson

“Conscience can be silenced through an incessant disobedience”
Sunday Adelaja

Israelmore Ayivor
“Never be disobedient; take a coach, take a mentor and be instructed!”
Israelmore Ayivor, Shaping the dream

Carolyn Shields
“Any lack of joy in the world is the result of disobedience.”
Carolyn Shields

Jerry Bridges
“No, we are not defeated; we are simply disobedient! It might be good if we stopped using the terms 'victory' and 'defeat' to describe our progress in holiness. Rather we should use the terms 'obedience' and 'disobedience.”
Jerry Bridges, The Pursuit of Holiness

Italo Calvino
“- Quando sarai stanco di star lì cambierai idea! - gli gridò.
- Non cambierò mai idea, - fece mio fratello, dal ramo.
- Ti farò vedere io, appena scendi! -
- E io non scenderò più! -
E mantenne la parola.”
Italo Calvino, The Baron in the Trees

Saharil Hasrin Sanin
“Budak-budak mentah dan orang tua berusia, kadang kala, kurang ajarnya sama sahaja.”
Saharil Hasrin Sanin, Dentang

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