Quotes About Authority

SOVEREIGNTY Sovereignty is a wind of change. (Hariri)

El poder de Alá: sin sonido, sin forma; pero cuando se manifiesta, nadie puede resistírsele.

No pienses que tu anillo mágico funcionará si tú mismo no eres Salomón".

El ladrón que no ha sido atrapado es un rey.

Casi todos los días recuerdo la reflexión de Saadi que que no existe una tiranía tan sin sentido como la de los subordinados.

Desde el comienzo, desde la edad de Adán hasta la época de las monarquías: del poderoso, perdón; del pobre, pecados.

What is known to be tyranny to the superior man may appear to be justice to the ordinary one.

Soberanía: La soberanía es un viento de cambio. Hariri

El peor de los sabios es el que visita a un príncipe; el mejor príncipe es el que visita a un sabio.

The harshness of a teacher is better than the reputed softness of the parent.

No le des vueltas al asunto de si vas a ponerte o no en las manos de un maestro. Siempre estás en sus manos.

Definiciones de Mulla Do-Piaza Soborno: sustituye a la ley, la cual, a su vez, sustituye a la justicia.

El intelecto no es soberano: el conocimiento lo es.

The man who knows must discharge a function. The one who does not, cannot arrogate one to himself; he can only try to do so.

Quienquiera que me haya enseñado una letra me ha hecho su esclavo.

For every Pharaoh there is a Moses.

La aspereza de un maestro es mejor que la supuesta ternura de un padre.

I was who I was in high school in accordance with the rules of conduct for a normal person, like obeying your mom and dad. Then I got out of high school and moved out of the house, and I just started, for lack of a better term, running free.

Liberty is the possibility of doubting, of making a mistake,... of searching and experimenting,... of saying No to any authority — literary, artistic, philosophical, religious, social, and even political.

In order to be the master of your life, you must first recognize that you are the rightful master of your brain, its owner and operator.

It is… easy to see why Authority frowns on Friendship. Every real Friendship is a sort of secession, even a rebellion… Hence if our masters… ever succeed in producing a world where all are Companions and none are Friends, they will have removed certain dangers, and will also have taken from us what is almost our strongest safeguard against complete servitude.   C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

A woman, though she is a queen, is meant by God to be instructed by her husband." It is the bishop of Orange who says this, and she smiles and imagines cleaving him with a sword, right through his skull to his breastbone

You will love this man. Do you understand? You will love him, serve him, and obey him in all things. This is your duty to me and to France. Am I clear?' Isabella is twelve years old and astoundingly pretty, a woman in a girl's body. She keeps her eyes on the floor and nods her head.

I was twenty-nine years old when I died. Died; I use the term loosely. I was murdered, but within the dictates of the law and with the full approval of the king, even though he was barely eighteen years at the time.