622 Quotes About Rules

It (trying to keep the law) grants you the power to judge others and feel superior to them. You believe you are living to a higher standard than those you judge. Enforcing rules, especially in its more subtle expressions like responsibility and expectation, is a vain attempt to create certainty out of uncertainty. And contrary to what you might think, I have a great fondness for uncertainty. Rules cannot bring freedom; they only have the power to accuse.

When you've already broken the rules of the universe, fear becomes only a feeling of disconnection, distant.

The only rule for lovers is to love.

Hello PeopleAfter having trouble from suffer and hatredI'd like the world to know the charm of sadnessI will never be far away, but always among youA deadly game and the rules are very simpleYou need only to follow the simplicityDie or Suffer Make your choice

While you were busy trying to prove God stands behind you, God was before me lighting the trail, so he could lead us both.

I was a box-checker – marching to the resolute beat of effort/results, effort/results – a devoted follow of the established path

Enid had learned the hard way that adults were there to enforce ever-changing rules and to punish kids for breaking rules. The number one rule being that all rules were subject to change--and always in favor of the adult.

Both friend and enemy reside within us. One lives by the rule of compassion, the other by the rule of hard knocks. Though potential influence of either extreme is inevitable, our actions bear witness to the one we embrace.

Each time that I have felt like I might finally be figuring some things out, life has decided to change the rules and I’ve had to start all over again.