“I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority. This view sustains a conception of human dignity insofar as it sees in each man a capacity for choosing his own behavior. And as it turned out, many subjects did, indeed, choose to reject the experimenter's commands, providing a powerful affirmation of human ideals.” MenHumansPersonsBeliefViewsPowerfulAcceptingSubjectsAuthorityBehaviorCapacityIdealsDignityCommandRejectsConceptionProvidingAffirmationLaboratoryHuman Dignity Author:Stanley Milgram
“The command is "Do no work." Just make space. Attend to what is around you. Learn that you don't have to DO to BE. accept the grace of doing nothing. Stay with it until you stop jerking and squirming.” SpaceAcceptingGraceCommandDoing Nothing Author:Dallas Willard
“When we don't understand and don't agree with the way life has gone, we are to bow before God and once again confess that we can't understand His wisdom. In faith, we are to accept His wisdom, His Word, and His workings, trusting in Him and obeying His commands.” WayAcceptingGoneAgreeCommandBowsObeying Book:Loving God with All Your Mind Source: Loving God with All Your Mind
“The case is this: God offers you one of the greatest mercies on this side of heaven and commands you to accept it. Why do you not accept this mercy in obedience to His command.... God offers you a pardon for all your sins.” LifeHeavenSidesSinAcceptingCasesOffersMercyCommandObediencePardon Book:The Essential Works of John Wesley Source: The Essential Works of John Wesley
“In the first period religious life appears as a form of discipline which the individual or a whole people must accept as an unconditional command without any rational understanding of the ultimate meaning and purpose of that command.” PeopleFirstsWholeFormPurposeIndividualUnderstandingReligiousAcceptingDisciplinePeriodsUltimateRationalCommandUnconditional LoveUnconditionalReligious Life Author:Muhammad Iqbal