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> [“When the power inherent in a position of authority is used to fortify that position, the institution's purpose is subverted. Behaviors are not aligned with the institution';s professed goals; rather they are skewed to preserve the rank, power, salaries, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-w-fuller/when-the-power-inherent-in-a-position-of-authority-is-used-to-fortify/)

[Robert W. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-w-fuller/)

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## More by Robert W. Fuller

> [“The inability to recruit recognition from others cripples an identity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-w-fuller/the-inability-to-recruit-recognition-from-others-cripples-an-identity/)

[Robert W. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-w-fuller/)

> [“The inner voice we sometimes hear shaming us is not that of the witness, which is indifferent to our ups and downs. Self-accusation is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-w-fuller/the-inner-voice-we-sometimes-hear-shaming-us-is-not-that-of-the/)

[Robert W. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-w-fuller/)

> [“When the power inherent in a position of authority is used to fortify that position, the institution's purpose is subverted. Behaviors are not aligned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-w-fuller/when-the-power-inherent-in-a-position-of-authority-is-used-to-fortify/)

[Robert W. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-w-fuller/)

> [“The self does not stand alone; as we’ve seen, the self is not a thing, let alone a thing in itself. Rather, we experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-w-fuller/the-self-does-not-stand-alone-as-we-ve-seen-the-self-is-not-a-thing/)

[Robert W. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-w-fuller/)

> [“We must believe in free will. We have no choice. – Isaac Bashevis Singer”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-w-fuller/we-must-believe-in-free-will-we-have-no-choice-isaac-bashevis-singer/)

[Robert W. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-w-fuller/)

> [“Twain broke with the tradition of asking “Who Am I?” and its species-wide variant “Who Is Man?” on the grounds that a “who-question” is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-w-fuller/twain-broke-with-the-tradition-of-asking-who-am-i-and-its-species/)

[Robert W. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-w-fuller/)

> [“Although not exceptional in ways we once believed, we remain exceptionally good at building tools and machines. And that includes machines that do what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-w-fuller/although-not-exceptional-in-ways-we-once-believed-we-remain/)

[Robert W. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-w-fuller/)

> [“Distinct identities are strung together on the thread of memory, all of them provisional and perishable. No less fascinating than the birth, life, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-w-fuller/distinct-identities-are-strung-together-on-the-thread-of-memory-all/)

[Robert W. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-w-fuller/)

> [“Who has not sometimes wondered: suppose I had been born somewhere else, in another country, in another time, what would my life have been?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-w-fuller/who-has-not-sometimes-wondered-suppose-i-had-been-born-somewhere-else/)

[Robert W. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-w-fuller/)

> [“Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent Of everything you think, And of everything you do, Is for yourself — And there isn’t one.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-w-fuller/why-are-you-unhappy-because-99-9-percent-of-everything-you-think-and/)

[Robert W. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-w-fuller/)

> [“The ‘I’ that we confidently broadcast to the world is a fiction—a jerry-built container for the volatile unconscious elements that divide and confound us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-w-fuller/the-i-that-we-confidently-broadcast-to-the-world-is-a-fiction-a-jerry/)

[Robert W. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-w-fuller/)

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