“Human history began with an act of disobedience, and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience.”

“Knowledge of God is obedience to God. Observe that we do not say that knowledge of God may also be obedience, or that of necessity it has obedience attached to it, or that it is followed by obedience. No; knowledge of God as knowledge of faith is in itself and of essential necessity obedience. It is an act of human decision corresponding to the act of divine decision; corresponding to the act of the divine being as the living Lord; corresponding to the act of grace in which faith is grounded and continually grounded again in God. In this act God posits Himself as our object and ourselves as those who know Him. But the fact that He does so means that our knowing God can consist only in our following this act, in ourselves becoming a correspondence of this act, in ourselves and our whole existence and therefore our considering and conceiving becoming the human act corresponding to the divine act. This is obedience, the obedience of faith.”

“Disobedience to authority is one of the most natural and healthy acts.”

“The disposition to listen to the Truth (that is, obedience) and the readiness to act in the Truth constitute the true dignity of the human person.”

“It should not be an act of social disobedience to light a cigarette… unless you're actually a doctor working at an incubator.”

“Judas's act of "betrayal" is in fact his faithful obedience to Jesus' will.”

“If obedience invariably leads to cruelty, disobedience is our moral duty.”

“Memoir is not an act of history but an act of memory, which is innately corrupt.”

“… often, stepping outside your comfort zone is not careless irresponsibility, but a necessary act of obedience.”

“The individual act of obedience is the cornerstone not only of the strength of authoritarian society but also of its weakness.”