Authority Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The reliance on authority measures the decline of religion, the withdrawal of the soul. The position men have given to Jesus, now for many…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A revival of religion presupposes a declension.

— Charles Grandison Finney

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

“What's next is the manipulation of spiritual values and tendencies. It is no accident that in the last few years we have seen a…

— Anonymous

Powerless religion may put a man through many surface changes and leave him exactly what he was before.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

“It is customary to blame secular science and anti-religious philosophy for the eclipse of religion in modern society. It would be more honest to…

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

“...religion ceases to be religion when its poetic authority is recast as civic authority.”

— James P. Carse

It is the religious impulse which supplies the cohesive force which unifies a society and a culture... A society which has lost its religion…

— Christopher Dawson

Religious doctrines would do well to withdraw their pretension to be dealing with matters of fact. That pretension is not only the source of…

— George Santayana

“The established religions no longer ask fundamental questions about our identity and our reason for living. Instead, they concentrate purely on a series of…

— Paulo Coelho

Renunciation is the background of all religious thought wherever it be, and you will always find that as this idea of renunciation lessens, the…

— Swami Vivekananda

Religion becomes a hollow shell of its former self when ritual remains and thoughtful reflection disappears.

— Nouman Ali Khan