If obedience is the chief thing good stood upon, why are not other laws and statutes urged as strictly as those which concern ceremonies?

Ribbons," he said, "should be considered as clothes, which are the mark of a human being. All animals should go naked."
When Boxer heard this he fetched the small straw hat which he wore in summer to keep the flies out of his ears, and flung it on to the fire with the rest.

Better than worshiping gods is obedience to the laws of righteousness.

Obedience is the opener of eyes.

Revolutionary’ discipline depends on political consciousness – on an understanding of why orders must be obeyed; it takes time to diffuse this, but it also takes time to drill a man into an automaton on the barrack-square.

My father was Presbyterian.