Quotes about Rules

Must we always comment on life? Can it not simply be lived in the reality of Christ's terms of contact with the Father, with joy and peace, fear and love full to the fingertips in their turn, without incessant drawing of lessons and making of rules?

every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.

People who know how to creatively break the rules also know why the rules were there in the first place.

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments.

For many, religion has to do with what we are allowed to do and not allowed to do. In the end, that doesn't bear fruit.

Religion is a very dangerous thing. By that I mean being so caught up in rules and regulations and not focusing on the thing that matters most- a personal relationship with God.

Salvation is not a religion. It's not rules or regulations or rituals. Salvation is a relationship. That relationship doesn't begin when you get to Heaven; it begins here on Earth.

Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.

You've got to say yes to this miracle of life as it is, not on condition that it follow your rules.

My world. My rules. I would command everyone to do so many things! Be kind. Oh, I would command everyone to stop buying tabloids!

When I first started out writing the 'Darkness' books, there was, at least in my mind, a certain sort of rulebook we had to follow.