Quotes About Authority

The Gnostic has always been free to express his or her Gnosis in the manner he or she wishes. The Gnostics of the Nag Hammadi Library perhaps could be considered free thought, free spirited seekers of Gnosis, who reject authority and dogma.

The magickian learns that his or her life is nothing more than a story, usually written by authority figures in his or her life. The magickian's task then becomes to take up the magickal tools of pen and paper and to take the job of 'author' away from 'authority' and to re-write his or her life.

It is perfectly acceptable to remind the universe the reason She was created. And if any of the gods or goddesses toy with thee, it is perfectly acceptable for you to toy with them! Threaten to destroy or burn their effigies, their sacred books, statues, altars, and so forth, if they ignore your since entreaties.

It is perfectly acceptable to remind the universe the reason She was created. And if any of the gods or goddesses toy with thee, it is perfectly acceptable for you to toy with them! Threaten to destroy or burn their effigies, their sacred books, statues, altars, and so forth, if they ignore your sincere entreaties.

Religion is obsessed with nature, because religion fears nature. Thus, religion attempts to reign in and control nature, including the nature of human sexuality.

You have the power to defeat any Alien Parasites. We have divine authority over all creation because you are intimately joined with the Christos and Sophia. You are more unique than you can possibly imagine. You are so unique that your way to enlightenment is the only way, for you and you only. Everyone else, if they exist, have their own paths.

Do not let anyone intimidate you with their academic credentials; just because someone has a Ph.D. in Theology does not mean they know more about God than you!

The Archons are the servants of the Demiurge. The Archons are ruling spirits, but they are false rulers.

Bureaucracies force us to practice nonsense. And if you rehearse nonsense, you may one day find yourself the victim of it.

Individuals with the Trust Survival Style seek power and control.

in most hierarchies, super-competence is more objectionable than incompetence." He warned that extremely skilled and productive employees often face criticism, and are fired if they don't start performing worse. Their presence "disrupts and therefore violates the first commandment of hierarchical life: the hierarchy must be preserved.

Any government, whether it is a democracy, a dictatorship, a communistic or free enterprise bureaucracy, will fall when its hierarchy reaches an intolerable state of maturity.

Employees in a hierarchy do not really object to incompetence (Peter's Paradox): they merely gossip about incompetence to mask their envy of employees who have Pull.

All, from police forces to armed forces, are rigid hierarchies of salaried employees, and all are necessarily cumbered with incompetents who cannot do their existing work, cannot be promoted, yet cannot be removed.

an employee's relationship—by blood, marriage or acquaintance—with a person above him in the hierarchy.

the main function of a pseudo-promotion is to deceive people outside the hierarchy. When this is achieved, the maneuver is counted a success.

La competencia de un empleado no es determinada por los extraños, sino por su superior en la jerarquía.

La supercompetencia conduce a menudo al despido, porque transtorna la jerarquía y viola con ello el primer mandamiento de la vida jerárquica, según el cual la jerarquía debe ser preservada.

But Trump had gone to a military high school, and he felt that made him as much a military expert as if he had fought in the Battle of the Bulge.

Wallace seemed to be speaking of Shelton's clear objective when the candidate said, "The Klan wants to grow until it makes every office seeker in Alabama doubt that he can be elected without the Klan's seal of approval.

A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.

fleeing the long arm of the Marquis of Strickland's power.

He wonders who decided which books were too dangerous to keep, and who it was that had to hunt down and collect the condemned books, like an executioner, ferrying them to their doom. He wonders if it is his father.

Rules existed for a reason: if you followed them, you would succeed; if you didn't, you might burn the world to the ground.