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Authority Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti
- When inquiry is suppressed by previous knowledge, or by the authority and experience of another, then learning becomes mere imitation, and imitation causes a human…
- As we are concerned with what others think of us, so we are anxious to know all about them; and from this arise the crude…
- The first thing to realize in meditation is that there is no authority, that the mind must be completely free to examine, to observe, to…
- Meditation is the most extraordinary thing if you know how to do it, and you cannot possibly learn from anybody; and that's the beauty of…
- All authority of any kind, especially in the field of thought and understanding, is the most destructive, evil thing. Leaders destroy the followers and followers…
- Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery. Love, and don't be caught in opinions and ideas…
- Tradition implies authority, conformity, imitation, following.
- Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
- You must know for yourself, directly, the truth of yourself and you cannot realize it through another, however great. There is no authority that can…
- Any acceptance of authority is the very denial of truth.
- The authority of a belief imposed by religion surely destroys the discovery of reality.One relies on authority because one is afraid to stand alone.
- When all authority of every kind is put aside, denied, then you can find out for yourself.
- The following of authority is the denial of intelligence. [It] may help us temporarily to cover up our difficulties and problems; but to avoid a…
- To be free of all authority, of your own and that of another, is to die to everything of yesterday, so that your mind is…
- A man who says, 'I want to change, tell me how to', seems very earnest, very serious, but he is not. He wants an authority…
More Authority Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority. — Francis Bacon
- A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing. — Pearl Bailey
- The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good newspapers are… — Russell Baker
- Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of… — Mikhail Bakunin
- But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity… — Mikhail Bakunin
- I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason. — Mikhail Bakunin
- Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams
- I cannot stand authority. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will… — Samuel Adams
- No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. — Joseph Addison