“The only obligation I recognize in this world is my duty to my immediate family”

“I've found my line- from now on this comes first. This is my immediate duty- without this I am nothing.”

“And therefore the Christian, who is subject only to the inner divine law, not only cannot carry out the enactments of the external law, when they are not in agreement with the divine law of love which he acknowledges (as is usually the case with state obligations), he cannot even recognize the duty of obedience to anyone or anything whatever, he cannot recognize the duty of what is called allegiance.”

“You are the only thing I have that is neither duty nor obligation, the only thing I chose for myself. The only thing I want. ”

“I live in different worlds. One world where I perform my duty as a part of society. My favorite is my world. The writing's world.”

“...if I try to make only enough money for my family' immediate needs, it may violate Scripture. ...Even though earning just enough to meet the needs of my family may seem nonmaterialistic, it's actually selfish when I could earn enough to care for others as well.”