Authority Quote by Herbert Read

If I believe authority is raised by God - I understand I don't understand all things. And what those purposes are. He's a sovereign…

— Paula White

Real spiritual authority has to do with the truth of the actual words being spoken, and the spirit of the person behind the words.…

— John Ortberg

To me, authority is something that a freer spirit, a more independent mind, and a person who can handle the world, doesn't need guidance…

— George Carlin

Authority is the spiritual dimension of power because it depends upon faith in a system of meaning that decrees the necessity of the hierarchical…

— Shoshana Zuboff

The authority of God is behind the establishing of human authority.

— Alistair Begg

Authority, as you usually think of it, is merely the excuse the strong use to make others conform to what they want.

— William P. Young

“The controversy over resurrection, then, proved critical in shaping the Christian movement into an institutional religion. All Christians agreed in principle that only Christ…

— Elaine Pagels

Religion is defined as social systems whose participants avow a supernatural agent or agents whose approval is to be sought.

— Daniel Dennett

The question before the human race is, Whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether Priests and…

— John Adams

Authority is God ordained, but authoritarianism and raw power, in almost all forms, is dangerous.

— James Dobson

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.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Jesus was a perfect example of following authority. He was subject to His earthly parents; he subjected himself to the laws of the land,…

— Monica Johnson