Highest Church Authority

Famous quotes containing the words highest, church and/or authority:

“All that blesses the step of the antelope
all the grace a giraffe lifts to the highest leaves
all steadfastness and pleasant gazing, alien to ennui,
dwell secretly behind man’s misery.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

“Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun.”
—Stephen Spender (1909–1995)

“Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the bootmaker.”
—Mikhail Bakunin (1814–1876)