1,121 Quotes About Authority

Some people believe that it isn’t so much power that is exchanged in TPE, as it is authority. The intrinsic difference between power and authority can best be explained thusly: If we were talking about a car, then power would be what was under the hood. Exercising that power would mean taking the car out for a spin. Having the authority to do so might involve a driver’s license, possessing the keys, or having the title and registration.

Without agreement on rank and a certain respect for authority there can be no great sensitivity to social rules, as anyone who has tried to teach simple house rules to a cat will agree.

Helena, like many women who ruled their own lives, adored being told what to do when there was no obligation to follow the advice given.

Там, где торжествует серость, к власти всегда приходят черные.

You can't come in, colonel," she told him. "You may be in command of your war, but I'm in command of my house.

You are the authority and the gatekeeper of your own life.

The so-called spiritual inquiry must necessarily address questions of authority and power since both individuals and the organizations that represent them generally seek legitimacy from hegemonic interpretations of truth and reality. The only way to maintain the integrity of spiritual inquiry is to encourage radical questioning of all precepts/percepts and their interpretations.

No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty.

until he who possesses sapience comes, the one with knowledge shall be the hero