submit oneself

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"Greater" jihad is the struggle within oneself to live a righteous life and submit oneself to God’s will.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2011

Now it is a fitting way of satisfying for another to submit oneself to the penalty deserved by that other.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Second, it is always dangerous to submit oneself to the influence of an inferior or untrustworthy person.

From Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use by Alpheus, A.

Must one submit oneself to the influence of some other person, or can one in the privacy of one's own chamber exercise with equal success this potent instrument of health?

From The Practice of Autosuggestion by Coué, Emile

To do good—that is his worship; to submit oneself to God—that is his doctrine.

From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)