His was not the unbridled and anarchical principle of the Gaulonite.

His submission to the established powers, though really derisive, was in appearance complete.

He paid tribute to Caesar, in order to avoid disturbance.

Liberty and right were not of this world, why should he trouble his life with vain anxieties?
Despising the earth, and convinced that the present world was not worth caring for, he took refuge in his ideal kingdom; he established the great doctrine of transcendent disdain,[2] the true doctrine of liberty of souls, which alone can give peace.

But he had not yet said, "My kingdom is not of this world." Much darkness mixed itself with even his most correct views.