#authority

But, of course, what mattered most of all was my deep-seated hatred of authority, my monstrous individualism, my lawlessness. No word in my vocabulary expressed deeper hatred than the word INTERFERENCE. But Christianity placed at the centre what then seemed to me a transcendental Interferer. If its picture were true then no sort of 'treaty with reality' could ever be possible. There was no region even in the innermost depth of one's soul (nay, there least of all) which one could surround with a barbed wire fence and guard with a notice No Admittance. And that was what I wanted; some area, however small, of which I could say to all other beings, 'This is my business and mine only. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#christianity #god #individualism #morality #business

I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#marriage #marriage

After having so nobly disentangled themselves from the shackles of Parental Authority, by a Clandestine Marriage, they were determined never to forfeit the good opinion they had gained in the World, in so doing, by accepting any proposals of reconciliation that might be offered them by their Fathers – to their farther trial of their noble independence however they never were exposed. ↗

— Jane Austen

#jane-austen #love-and-friendship #marriage #parents #satire

To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#authority

An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#authority

Being a writer is a good, good thing. ↗

— Shannon Hale

#books #story #writing #authority

All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?' ↗

— Manal al-Sharif

#ask #attack #authority #country #did

That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been expressed by higher authority than mine. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#been #declining #england #expressed #higher

Creation implies authority in the sense of originator. The possibility of a 'Fall' is implied in a Covenant insofar as the idea of a Covenant implies the possibility of its being violated. ↗

— Kenneth Burke

#being #covenant #creation #fall #idea

A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another. ↗

— James MacGregor Burns

#another #authority #class #revolution #shatters