@Elderman - Once again, you cite "an authority" - without attribution.An anonymous contributor hardly constitutes an authority, as you are so fond of claiming.
To summarise the quote - take joy in being humble, worship god, who is truth. See, thats where it all falls down. No empirical evidence, no god, no truth with a capital T. Morality and culture is all relative, and no "authority" figure you quote from ( without attribution, I might add - I wonder how the author might view that? ) will change that.