Authority Quote by Terry Eagleton

“In order to discredit faith and seduce believers, Kant does not hesitate to appeal to pride or vanity: whoever does not rely on reason…

— Frithjof Schuon

“imperceptible, element of contempt for those over whom the power is exercised. One can only dominate another human soul if one knows, understands, and…

— Sándor Márai

“To have an independant mind, to think for oneself, not to follow fashion, not to seek honour or decoration, not to become part of…

— Marcel Schlumberge

The individual act of obedience is the cornerstone not only of the strength of authoritarian society but also of its weakness.

— Robert Anton Wilson

To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.

— Anonymous

Self-Reliance is a prerequisite to the complete freedom to act.

— Marion G. Romney

“There is still, I think, not enough recognition by teachers of the fact that the desire to think--which is fundamentally a moral problem--must be…

— Vera Brittain

An essential part of power is the freedom not to think too deeply

— Zadie Smith

“When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean only that…

— W Somerset Maugham

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.

— Thomas Chandler Haliburton

The thinking (person) must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a…

— Albert Schweitzer

“We are being called upon to act against a prevailing culture, to undermine our own entrenched tendency to accumulate and to consume, and to…

— Lyanda Lynn Haupt