The pattern of the prodigal is: rebellion, ruin, repentance, reconciliation, restoration.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Rebellion has its roots in government's indifference and incompetence.
In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom.
Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
Grief seems at first to destroy not just all patterns, but also to destroy a belief that a pattern exists.
Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.
It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success.
Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.