Quotes about Permission

The point is that Proverbs 26:4—5 doesn't tell me what to do. It wasn't designed to. It models something better: the permission to think it through, figure it out, and learn from experience for next time. In fact, more than just giving us permission, the contradiction sets up our expectation that we will have to think it through.

Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.

You may eat any clean bird,

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.

The hand of the wicked can't stir one moment before God allows them to begin, and...one moment after God commands them to stop.

These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,

Not only does God not reject or punish us for being honest and transparent about our whole selves, but he actually accepts and loves us where we are. We are anchored in God's love as he gives us permission to express ourselves—the bad along with the good—and take care of ourselves in an appropriate way.

Poor is the man whose future depends on the opinions and permission of others. Remember this, if you are afraid of criticism, you will die doing nothing!

Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,

But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.