“The person who understands the evil in his own heart
is the only person who is useful, fruitful, and solid
in his beliefs and obedience.
Others only delude themselves and thus upset families,
churches, and all other relationships. In their self-pride
and judgment of others, they show great inconsistency.”
John Owen (1616-1683)
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for
the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
It would be better to live under robber barons than
under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s
cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some
point be satiated; but those who torment
us for our own good will torment us without end for
they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)