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7. “A priest is a functionary of a social sort. The society worships certain deities in a certain way, and the priest becomes ordained as a functionary to carry out that ritual. The deity to whom he is devoted is a deity that was there before he came along. But the shaman’s powers are symbolized in his own familiars, deities of his own personal experience. His authority comes out of a psychological experience, not a social ordination.”
Joseph Campbell
Priesthood, Shamanism, Spiritual Power, Ritual, Personal Experience, Authority
12. “All our science is just a cookery book, with an orthodox theory of cooking that nobody's allowed to question, and a list of recipes that mustn't be added to except by special permission from the head cook.” Aldous Huxley Science, Orthodoxy, Questioning, Authority, Intellectual Freedom, Scientific Method
18. “And indeed bad as his clothes were and coarsely as he spoke, he had none of the appearance of a man who sailed before the mast, but seemed like a mate or skipper accustomed to be obeyed or to strike.” Robert Louis Stevenson Sailor Command, Authority Leadership, Obedience Appearance, Authority, Sailor, Leadership
20. “Around here, I am only the guy who is responsible. If these men don’t know what to do when they run into an enemy in the jungle, I’m too far away to tell them. My job is to make sure they know. What they do depends on the situation which only they can judge. The responsibility is always mine, but the decision lies with whoever is on the spot.” Peter Drucker Leadership, Responsibility, Management, Decision-Making, Authority, Success
30. “Before we are citizens, he thought, we are children, and it is as children that we come to understand freedom and authority, liberty and duty. I have done my duty. I have bowed to authority. Mostly. And now, like Russia, I can set aside those burdens for a little while and see what happens.” Orson Scott Card Citizenship, Childhood, Freedom, Authority, Duty, Personal Exploration
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7. “A priest is a functionary of a social sort. The society worships certain deities in a certain way, and the priest becomes ordained as a functionary to carry out that ritual. The deity to whom he is devoted is a deity that was there before he came along. But the shaman’s powers are symbolized in his own familiars, deities of his own personal experience. His authority comes out of a psychological experience, not a social ordination.”
Joseph Campbell Priesthood, Shamanism, Spiritual Power, Ritual, Personal Experience, Authority
12. “All our science is just a cookery book, with an orthodox theory of cooking that nobody's allowed to question, and a list of recipes that mustn't be added to except by special permission from the head cook.”
Aldous Huxley Science, Orthodoxy, Questioning, Authority, Intellectual Freedom, Scientific Method
18. “And indeed bad as his clothes were and coarsely as he spoke, he had none of the appearance of a man who sailed before the mast, but seemed like a mate or skipper accustomed to be obeyed or to strike.”
Robert Louis Stevenson Sailor Command, Authority Leadership, Obedience Appearance, Authority, Sailor, Leadership
20. “Around here, I am only the guy who is responsible. If these men don’t know what to do when they run into an enemy in the jungle, I’m too far away to tell them. My job is to make sure they know. What they do depends on the situation which only they can judge. The responsibility is always mine, but the decision lies with whoever is on the spot.”
Peter Drucker Leadership, Responsibility, Management, Decision-Making, Authority, Success
30. “Before we are citizens, he thought, we are children, and it is as children that we come to understand freedom and authority, liberty and duty. I have done my duty. I have bowed to authority. Mostly. And now, like Russia, I can set aside those burdens for a little while and see what happens.”
Orson Scott Card Citizenship, Childhood, Freedom, Authority, Duty, Personal Exploration
