{"quotes":[{"text":"The populace consists of individuals and free men, while the state is made up of numbers. When the state dominates, killing becomes abstract. Servitude began with the shepherds; in the river valleys it attained perfection with canals and dikes. Its model was the slavery in mines and mills. Since then, the ruses for concealing chains have been refined.","author":"Ernst Jünger","tags":["freedom","servitude"],"id":4685,"author_id":"Ernst+J%C3%BCnger"},{"text":"So stretch! Reach for it. Like falling down stairs, where your inner-genius takes over and saves you — your instincts are ready to serve you.","author":"Bryant McGill","tags":["falling","growth","instinct","servitude","spirituality","strive"],"id":44041,"author_id":"Bryant+McGill"},{"text":"Are you serving in your local church or your are being served?","author":"Saji Ijiyemi","tags":["servant-leader","servant-leadership","serve","service","serving","serving-others","servitude"],"id":47436,"author_id":"Saji+Ijiyemi"},{"text":"Making oneself large involves intentionally making oneself small.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["give","giving","humble","humility","large","pride","sacrifice","sacrificial","selfless","selflessness","serve","service","servitude","small"],"id":49372,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"Rebuffed from his fine feelings, Milkman matched her cold tone. 'You loved those white folks that much?'Love?' she asked. 'Love?'Well, what are you taking care of their dogs for?'Do you know why she killed herself? She couldn't stand to see the place go to ruin. She couldn't live without servants and money and what it could buy. Every cent was gone and the taxes took whatever came in. She had to let the upstairs maids go, then the cook, then the dog trainer, then the yardman, then the chauffeur, then the car, then the woman who washed once a week. Then she started selling bits and pieces––land, jewels, furniture. The last few years we ate out of the garden. Finally she couldn't take it anymore. The thought of having no help, no money––well, she couldn't take that. She had to let everything go.'But she didn't let you go.' Milkman had no trouble letting his words snarl.'No, she didn't let me go. She killed herself.'And you still l.","author":"Toni Morrison","tags":["entitlement","servitude","suicide"],"id":50566,"author_id":"Toni+Morrison"},{"text":"Most people do not want to follow a leader, they want to command the leading of a servant.","author":"Justin K. McFarlane Beau","tags":["command","fools","idiocy","leaders","servitude","wicked-devils"],"id":58484,"author_id":"Justin+K.+McFarlane+Beau"},{"text":"Human nature is universally imbued with a desire for liberty, and a hatred for servitude.","author":"Julius Ceasar","tags":["freedom","human-nature","liberty","servitude","slavery"],"id":76101,"author_id":"Julius+Ceasar"},{"text":"Identify your divine gift and use it to serve humanity.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["advice-for-daily-living","capable","destiny","fate","gifts","humanity","inspiration","lailah-gifty-akita-affirmations","leaders","lessons-learnt","mission","motivation","passion","purpose","scientist","self-help","self-motivation","servant-leader","servanthood","servitude","talents","writer"],"id":84246,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Those who do not have will always serve those who do.","author":"Jacob Tomsky","tags":["haves-haves-not","other-half","service","servitude"],"id":104909,"author_id":"Jacob+Tomsky"},{"text":"I devote my life in service of humanity.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["ambitions","humanity","inspiration","life","love-work","mission","missionary","motivation","passion","service","servitude","volunteering","volunteerism","working"],"id":183737,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":29,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}