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Institutions Quotes - Page 8

Until higher institutions have been evolved, any attempt to break the old ones will be disastrous.

Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2381, Manonmani Publishers

[On marriage:] It is an institution committed to the dulling of the feelings.

Susan Sontag (2009). “Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963”, p.83, Macmillan

People make institutions, not vice versa.

Shere Hite (2011). “The Shere Hite Reader: New and Selected Writings on Sex, Globalism, and Private Life”, p.411, Seven Stories Press

You cannot institute, without peril of charlatanism.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.444, Modern Library

No institution will be better than the institutor.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1851). “Essays, lectures and orations”, p.211

I’m a deeply broken person, and broken institutions fascinate me.

"The Apostate: Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology" by Lawrence Wright, www.newyorker.com. February 14 & 21, 2011.

The court's recent decisions have made life more difficult for the democratic institutions that perform the day- to-day work of our nation.

"U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.