Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes About Authority

• The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Faith, Religion, Authority

  'Essays' (1841) 'The Over-Soul'

• Whence, then, this worship of the past? The centuries are conspirators against the sanity and authority of the soul.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Past, Soul, Self Reliance

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.173, Harvard University Press

• Self-trust is the first secret of success, the belief that if you are here the authorities of the universe put you here, and for cause, or with some task strictly appointed you in your constitution, and so long as you work at that you are well and successful

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Successful, Self, Long

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.99, Penguin

• The reliance on authority measures the decline of religion, the withdrawal of the soul.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Soul, Religion, Withdrawal

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1993). “Self-reliance, and Other Essays”, p.63, Courier Corporation

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