Top 26 Quotes by Robert Shea

The Gnostics were rapidly driven out of business by the hierarchical orthodox Christians.

You are attached to what you attack.

But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes.

Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?

Every combination of two or more human beings has both a useful aspect and a political aspect.

Military organization, like religious organization, can be seen as a paradigm of organization in general.

Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of Jesus, was consciously modeled along military lines by its founder, Ignatius Loyola.

But instead I usually say that, though it may surprise them, I too believe in the necessity of organization.

Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear.

As such people achieve influence within the organization, whenever there is a conflict between their own interest and the interest of the organization, their interests will win out.