“No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.”
“No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.”
“A man is fit for neither business nor pleasure, who either cannot, or does not, command and direct his attention to the present object, and, in some degree, banish for that time all other objects from his thoughts.”
“He that cannot obey cannot command.”
“A man who wills commands something within himself that renders obedience, or that he believes renders obedience.”
“God’s commands are arbitrary if He has no reason to command one act rather than another; but, if He does have reasons for His commands, then His reasons rather than His commands are whatmake acts immoral.”