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Quotes about Docility

The only answer to the problem is grace, grace, docility to grace. I was
- Thomas Merton
Such is the summary style in which the Typees convert perverse-minded and rebellious hogs into the most docile and amiable pork; a morsel of which placed on the tongue melts like a soft smile from the lips of Beauty.
- Herman Melville
Conformity to the will of God, submission, docility to the leadings of the Holy Ghost in practice, if not verbally, these are the same as conformity to the Perfect Way, refusing to have preferences and cherish opinions, keeping the eyes open so that dreams may cease and Truth reveal itself.
- Aldous Huxley
Our true wisdom is to embrace with meek docility, and without reservation, whatever the holy scriptures have delivered.
- John Calvin
When we recognize the rod of a father, should we not show ourselves docile children rather than rebelliously desperate men who have been hardened in their evil doings?
- John Calvin