“If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?”

“To seek the truth. But, as you are seeking and as you are waiting, what will you do, what will you think, what will you practice, what rules will you follow?”

Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist

“You have to make the rules, not follow them”

Isaac Newton (1643–1727) British physicist and mathematician and founder of modern classical physics

“Fools follow rules when the set commands you.”

Zack de la Rocha (1970) American musician, poet rapper and activist best known as the vocalist and lyricist of rap metal band Rage Again…

“Every one of us may know what is the ruling purpose of his life; and he who knows that his ruling purpose is to trust and follow Christ knows that he is a Christian.”

Washington Gladden (1836–1918) American pastor

“We follow two rules in the matter of optimization:
Rule 1: Don't do it.
Rule 2 (for experts only). Don't do it yet - that is, not until you have a perfectly clear and unoptimized solution.”

Michael A. Jackson (1936) British computer scientist

“Don't let the rules of man stop you from following God. When he gives it to you, go with it.”

Craig Groeschel (1967) American priest

“When it comes to rules and laws, either you follow them blindly or you dismiss everything completely as nonsense.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“Write what you like; there is no other rule.”

O. Henry (1862–1910) American short story writer

“The most important rule there is, the Wizard's Sixth Rule: the only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason.”

Terry Goodkind Faith of the Fallen