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The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority.
After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.
Moses lifting up his wand, and dividing the Red Sea, and Pharaoh in his chariot overwhelmed with the waters. This motto: "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God."
Think for yourself. Know what you're doing. Question authority.
once a policy, like a set of steel rails, had been laid down for him by his superiors, his obedience ran along it unswerving.
I have lived long enough. My way of life is to fall into the sere, the yellow leaf, and that which should accompany old age, as honor, love, obedience, troops of friends I must not look to have.
Peace is not the absence of conflict it is authority over chaos.
He who aims at making an entire and perfect oblation of himself, in addition to his will, must offer his understanding, which is a further and the highest degree of obedience.
God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.
People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.'
I won't stick around to see how much temptation I can take. God is not impressed with my ability to stand up to sin. He is more impressed by the obedience I show when I run from it.
Even while lying, you'll be believed if you speak with authority.
Authority is 20% given and 80% taken...so take it!
It's very brave going from a position of authority to one where you are an apprentice.
If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith and practice; for all right of private judgment is then denied.
Thieves for their robbery have authority When judges steal themselves.
The president has the authority to end this dragnet surveillance immediately
New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.
To have a dutiful family, the father's principle of rule must be love, not fear. His sway must be gentle, or he will have only an unwilling and short-lived obedience.
My culture and my language have the right to exist, and no one has the authority to dismiss that.
Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.
Power, like a desolating pestilence, Pollutes whate'er it touches; and obedience, Bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth, Makes slaves of men, and of the human frame A mechanized automaton.
To say that we are able by our own efforts to think good thoughts or give God spiritual obedience before we are spiritually regenerate is to overthrow the gospel and the faith of the universal church in all ages.
Whoever desires to live among men has to obey their laws this is what the secular morality of Western civilization comes down to. ... Rationality in the form of such obedience swallows up everything, even the freedom to think.
I've always been a tilter of lances against authority.
If I obey Jesus Christ, the redemption of God will flow through me to the lives of others, because behind the deed of obedience is the reality of Almighty God.
This command seems to me to be strictly a missionary injunction; so that, apart altogether from choice and other lower reasons, my going forth is a matter of obedience to a plain command.
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism, and ought to have no place among Republicans and Christians.
Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord's people.
Authentic spiritual authority is what puts you in touch with reality.
Science as such assuredly has no authority, for she can only say what is, not what is not.
Defending Congressional authority should not be a partisan issue.
I make no claim to be an authority on writing or illustrating for children.
I don't feel I can speak with authority for many other people.
There are very few critics who have historical context or authority.
Authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer.
I'm a serial deconstructor of my own authority in certain areas.
Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
All lawful authority, legislative, and executive, originates from the people.
I was brought up to question authority, and thank God for that.
I think He made one law of that kind in order that there might be obedience. In all these other matters what you call obeying Him is but doing what seems good in your own eyes also. Is love content with that?
The ideal citizen of a tyrannical state is the man or woman who bows in silent obedience in exchange for the status of a well-cared-for herd animal. Thinking people become the tyrants' worst enemies.
In short, Christians in general are everywhere denominated the servants and the children of God, and are required to serve him with that submissive obedience, and that affectionate promptitude of duty, which belong to those endearing relations.
Disobedience to authority is one of the most natural and healthy acts.
When we pray in the name of Jesus, we carry the authority of heaven.
And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.
There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. 'Obedience keeps the rules,' he would say. 'Love knows when to break them.'
Whoever is a complete person does not need to be an authority.
All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Answers given with authority negate the search for truth.
A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.
Kids have this resistance to listening to adults and authority, period.
The rascal multitude are the proper targets of the mass media and a public education system geared to obedience and training in needed skills, including the skill of repeating patriotic slogans on timely occasions.
Fits did not go over well in my house. There was a lot of discipline and obedience and you had to be very ladylike. Ladies didn't curse and I still don't curse in front of my parents.
"True expertise is the most potent form of authority."
After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.
One of the great commandments of science is: 'Mistrust arguments from authority.'
