Quotes About Submission

Was it cruel if someone asked for it? Begged for it, even? She always begged. Even now, I could hear her whimpering for me. Christ, those noises she made. A one-way ticket to heaven.

In manustuas, Domine!

They uncritically deploy verses like Romans 13:1–2 to squash dissent ("Submit to the governing authorities, for all authority is instituted by God and anyone who opposes authority is standing against what God has established").

For those who regress, the fear of what lies beyond Complexity feels so terrifying, or the sense of belonging that is often found in strict Stage One communities feels so alluring, that they willingly resubmit to Stage One authority, or even authoritarianism.

Humans must never submit to animals. —Bene Gesserit Teaching

If you perceive that a person holds power over you, whether or not it is true, then your weakness is very real. —MANFORD TORONDO, final Lampadas rally

To obey to the point of death requires the ability to die, and for this, Jesus had to be human.

In as early as the second century, Irenaeus offered theological reflection on Mary as the "second Eve" who, through her radical submission and obedience to God, reversed the deadly consequences of Eve's rebellion.

In verse 7 "submit to God" is the upward or Godward relationship and "resist the devil" is the outward or the satanward relationship.

Men are run ragged by female sexuality all their lives. From the beginning of his life to the end, no man ever fully commands any woman. It's an illusion. Men are pussy-whipped. And they know it. That's what the strip clubs are about; not woman as victim, not woman as slave, but woman as goddess.

Authority will lead you into ruin.

Blind acceptance of what you believe to be the dictates of fate and circumstance is dangerous.

When you insist someone submit to your will, it is accomplished most easily if you give them a small victory so they can retain their dignity while they do as you insist. ~ Kahlan Mother Confessor

Like hounds at a feast, people gather round the table of tyranny, eager for tasty scraps tossed on the floor. Not everyone will wag their tail for a tyrant, but most will, if he first makes them salivate with hate and gives license to their covetous impulses by making them feel it is only their due. Many would rather take than earn.

Perhaps it would be simpler if you just did what you're told and didn't try to understand things.

They obeyed, as wise men do when a woman puts her foot down . . .

Stand before your god, bow before your king, kneel before your man.

I thought, in Nature, the defeated animal just rolls on its back in submission and that's the end of it,' said Vimes, as they clattered after the disappearing swamp dragon. 'Wouldn't work with dragons,' said Lady Ramkin. 'Some daft creature rolls on its back, you disembowel it. That's how they look at it. Almost human, really.

Stand before your god, bow before your king, and kneel before your man. Recipe for a happy life, that is

Marriage was not only impossible but unnecessary. He had only to say "Come" and she must obey; it was her destiny.

Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of that old-world god, Force.

Getting choked out feels a lot better than getting knocked out.

I lay there, no longer fighting, since my head was spinning too much. And because I wasn't going to win anyway. And because I kind of liked the feeling of sensual captivity, at least by this particular jailer.

If V'lane were a signpost, it would read Abandon All Personal Will, Ye Who Tread Here.