We have it all arranged in our minds, and the less often we see a particular person the more satisfying it is to check how obediently he conforms to our notion of him every time we hear of him. Any deviation in the fates we have ordained would strike us as not only anomalous but unethical. We would prefer not to have known our neighbor, the retired hot-dog stand operator, if it turns out he has just produced the greatest book of poetry his age has seen.
Quotes about obediently (6 Quotes)
Or renounce life altogether! Accept fate obediently as it is, once and for all, and stifle everything in myself, renouncing any right to act, to live, to love.
I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. I see how peoples are set against one another, and in silence, unknowingly, foolishly, obediently, innocently slay one another.
You will be pleased to know I stand obediently for the national anthem, though of course I would defend your right to remain seated should you so decide.
You shouldn't believe everything. What you see isn't always right. Is what you think truly right Please, think about it again. A heart that obediently accepts things is fine, but shouldn't you question something just once The truth is in a place you can't see.
I learned always to trust my own deep sense of what I should do, and not just obediently trust the judgment of others - even others better than I am.