“They (i. e., the Olympian gods) operate on moral principles. You have to break a promise to them, or break a rule, for them to get power over you.”

“The Way of Mastery is to break all the rules—but you have to know them perfectly before you can do this; otherwise you are not in a position to transcend them.”

“By all means break the rules, and break them beautifully, deliberately and well.”

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”

“I know it is a bad thing to break a promise, but I think now that it is a worse thing to let a promise break you.”

“Learn all the rules… then break them.”

“Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them.”

“There are only two options in life: Either you refrain yourself from making promises or from breaking them after you have failed the first test.”

“I will accept the rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”

“If you break little promises, you'll break big ones.”