Quotes about Responsibility
Only those who are subject to authority can be authority.
— Watchman Nee
How many of us dare not use our time or money or talents as we would, because we realise they are the Lord's, not ours?
— Watchman Nee
Whenever man touches God's delegated authority he touches God within that person; sinning against delegated authority is sinning against God.
— Watchman Nee
God in heaven will only bind and loose what His children
— Watchman Nee
to offer one-tenth to God; but under the new covenant, ten-tenths are required.
— Watchman Nee
How many of us know that, because Christ is risen, we are therefore alive "unto God" and not unto ourselves? How many of us dare not use our time, or money, or talents as we would, because we realize they are the Lord's, not ours? How many of us have such a strong sense that we belong to Another that we dare not squander a shilling of our money, or an hour of our time, or any of our mental or physical powers?
— Watchman Nee
the care of the earth is our most ancient and most worthy and, after all, our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it, and to foster its renewal, is our only legitimate hope.
— Wendell Berry
The Earth is what we all have in common.
— Wendell Berry
We still (sometimes) remember that we cannot be free if our minds and voices are controlled by someone else. But we have neglected to understand that we cannot be free if our food and its sources are controlled by someone else. The condition of the passive consumer of food is not a democratic condition. One reason to eat responsibly is to live free. (pg. 323, The Pleasures of Eating)
— Wendell Berry
Charity even for one person does not make sense except in terms of an effort to love all Creation in response to the Creator's love for it.
— Wendell Berry
The rule, acknowledged or not, seems to be that if we have great power we must use it. We would use a steam shovel to pick up a dime. We have experts who can prove there is no other way to do it.
— Wendell Berry
No man will ever be whole and dignified and free except in the knowledge that the men around him are whole and dignified and free, and that the world itself is free of contempt and misuse.
— Wendell Berry