“Everyone works in the service of man. We doctors work directly on man himself... The great mystery of man is Jesus: 'He who visits a sick person, helps me,' Jesus said... Just as the priest can touch Jesus, so do we touch Jesus in the bodies of our patients... We have opportunities to do good that the priest doesn't have. Our mission is not finished when medicines are no longer of use. We must bring the soul to God; our word has some authority... Catholic doctors are so necessary!” MenPersonsSaidSoulHelpingUseBodyInspirationFaithOpportunityJesusMysteryAuthorityDoctorsSickCatholicMedicinePatientMissionsFinishedChristian InspirationalHelp MePriestsOur WordsSick Person Author:Gianna Beretta Molla
“"You sound as if you question the authority and the decision of the Oracle, who said he should die." "I do not. Why should I? But the Oracle did not ask me to carry out its decision." [...] "The Earth cannot punish me for obeying her mesenger," Okonkwo said. "A child's fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which its mother puts into its palm."” IfsShouldChildrenSaidEarthMotherDiesAsksSoundDecisionPiecesAuthorityHotFingersAsk MeShould IPalmsObeyingOraclesThings Fall Apart OkonkwoYamsOkonkwo Author:Chinua Achebe
“Molecular evolution is not based on scientific authority. . . . There are assertions that such evolution occurred, but absolutely none are supported by pertinent experiments or calculations. Since no one knows molecular evolution by direct experience, and since there is no authority on which to base claims of knowledge, it can truly be said that . . . the assertion of Darwinian molecular evolution is merely bluster.” KnowsSaidEvolutionAuthorityDirectClaimsExperimentsCalculationsAssertionPertinentBluster Author:Michael Behe
“It is also naïve empiricism to provide, in support of some argument, series of eloquent confirmatory quotes by dead authorities. By searching, you can always find someone who made a well-sounding statement that confirms your point of view and, on every topic, it is possible to find another dead thinker who said the exact opposite.” WellsMadeSaidViewsSupportAuthorityArgumentOppositesSeriesPoint Of ViewStatementsThinkerTopicsEloquentEmpiricism Book:The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly ImprobableFragility Source: The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly ImprobableFragility
“I have said it many a time, and am surer of it than ever, that the life and death issue of Christianity is the inspiration and authority of the Bible.” SaidInspirationChristianityIssuesAuthorityLife And Death Author:J. Sidlow Baxter
“I have said consistently in my 16-and-a-half years in the parliament, I have always supported the party room's decision and the party room is the ultimate authority on these matters. I don't expect that to change.” YearsSaidMatterDecisionRoomsPartyHalfAuthorityUltimateConsistentlyParliamentHalf A Year Author:Nick Minchin
“Certainly we do not believe in the present ecclesiastical arrangement called Christmas: first, because we do not believe in the mass at all, but abhor it, whether it be said or sung in Latin or in English; and, secondly, because we find no Scriptural warrant whatever for observing any day as the birthday of the Savior; and, consequently, its observance is a superstition, because not of divine authority.” FirstsBelieveSaidDivineAuthorityMassLatinSaviorSuperstitionsArrangementsObservingWarrantsObservance Author:Charles Spurgeon
“I've always believed that everything that is said from authority is either the authority of one's own heart, one's own brain, one's own reading, one's own trust, but not the authority of someone who claims it because they're speaking for God and they know the truth because it's written in a book. That, essentially, is where I come from. In a sense, tolerance is my religion. Reason is my religion.” KnowsHeartSaidBookReasonReadingBrainWrittenTruth IsAuthorityClaimsToleranceAlways Believe Author:Stephen Fry