Morality, like language, is an invented structure for conserving and communicating order. And morality is learned, like language, by mimicking and remembering. Jane Rule communicateconserveinvent Change image and share on social
My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for. Jane Rule balancecommitmentcontent Change image and share on social
Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity. Jane Rule conformityintegritymorality Change image and share on social
If we don't bear witness as citizens, as people, as individuals, the right that we have had to life is sacrificed. There is a silence, instead of a speaking presence. Jane Rule bearcitizenindividual Change image and share on social
Human beings tolerate what they understand they have to tolerate. Jane Rule beinghumantolerate Change image and share on social
Love is the terrible secret people are suspected of unless they're married, then one always suspects they don't. Jane Rule lovemarrypeople Change image and share on social
People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other people than those who feel martyred and broken by their lives. Jane Rule breakchoicefeel Change image and share on social
I've never been resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes, perhaps because although I couldn't sew, I could think. Jane Rule clothehaveidea Change image and share on social
Every artist seems to me to have the job of bearing witness to the world we live in. To some extent I think of all of us as artists, because we have voices and we are each of us unique. Jane Rule artistbearextent Change image and share on social
Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression. Jane Rule comeofferoppression Change image and share on social
