“Even the Savior of the world, the Only Begotten Son of God, was obliged to come to earth and to take upon himself an earthly tabernacle. He experienced joy and sorrow, happiness and grief, lasting satisfaction and frequent disappointments. As Paul has written, "Though he were a Son yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him."” WorldMadeEarthHappinessJoyPerfectGriefWrittenSonSorrowEternalSalvationDisappointmentSatisfactionObedienceLastingSaviorObligedJoys And Sorrows Book:For They Shall Be Comforted Source: For They Shall Be Comforted
“If painters left nothing of themselves after their deaths, so that we were obliged to rank them as we do actors according to the judgment of their contemporaries, how different their reputations would be from what posterity has made them!” IfsMadeDifferentWould BeActorsLeftJudgmentReputationPainterImmortalityObligedPosterity Author:Eugene Delacroix
“How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and suffering right through the years, should now operate here to give me a fair and open trial?....consider myself neither morally nor legally obliged to obey laws made by a Parliament in which I am not represented. That the will of the people is the basis of the authority of government, is a principle universally acknowledged as sacred throughout the civilized world.” PeopleWorldGivingShouldYearsBelieveHas BeensMadeGovernmentLawSufferingCausesPrinciplesAuthorityFairsBasesGive MeSacredInjusticeExpectedTrialsDiscriminationCivilizedParliamentObligedThrough The YearsRacial Discrimination Author:Nelson Mandela
“The breakdown of Plato's philosophy is made apparent in the fact that he could not trust to gradual improvements in education to bring about a better society which should then improve education, and so on indefinitely. Correct education could not come into existence until an ideal state existed, and after that education would be devoted simply to its conservation. For the existence of this state he was obliged to trust to some happy accident by which philosophic wisdom should happen to coincide with possession of ruling power in the state.” ShouldMadeStatesPhilosophyFactsHappensWould BeExistenceIdealsPossessionAccidentsImprovementDevotedConservationPlatoRulingObligedBreakdownPhilosophicPlato SHappy Accidents Author:John Dewey
“In order to protect himself from force, man was obliged to submit to justice. Justice or force: he was compelled to choose between the two masters, so little are we made to be independent.” MenLittlesMadeTwoOrderForceJusticeMastersProtectIndependentSubmitCompelledObligedTwo Masters Book:La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims Source: La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims