Quotes about power
powerful thinking alive
In a deep moment of love, thinking stops. The moment is so intriguing, the moment is so tremendously powerful, the moment is so intensely alive, that thinking stops. You are simply in awe, a great wonder surrounds you. Rajneesh
powerful temptation mind
The mind creates so many temptations - so alluring they are, so magnetic is their power - that unless you are in the power-field of someone whose magnetism is far more powerful than any other kind of temptation, it is impossible to reach. That is the meaning of disciplehood.
powerful men agents
The introduction of so powerful an agent as steam to a carriage on wheels will make a great change in the situation of man. Thomas Jefferson
powerful rights giving
That this privilege of giving or of withholding our monies is an important barrier against the undue exertion of prerogative, which if left altogether without control may be exercised to our great oppression; and all history shews how efficacious is its intercession for redress of grievances and re-establishment of rights, and how improvident would be the surrender of so powerful a mediator
power stronger favors
One precedent in favor of power is stronger than a hundred against it.
powerful guarantees-that government
By adopting programs to distribute substantial amounts of income, a nation guarantees that its government will become more powerful and invasive in other ways. Robert Higgs
powerful artist should-have
The artist should have a powerful will. He should be powerfully possessed by one idea Robert Henri
powerful thinking earth
Thinking is action..... but there is nothing on this earth as powerful as consistent, bold, physical action. Robert Ringer
powerful media chill
There`s sort of a chilling effect on non-profits and the media and a lot of other places because the establishment is so powerful. That`s where the money is. Robert Reich
powerful class government
A smaller government reflecting the needs of the middle class and poor is superior to a big government reflecting the needs of the privileged and powerful.
power size different
It's possible to paint a monumental picture that's only 10 inches wide, if one has a sense of scale, which is very different from a sense of size. Robert Motherwell
powerful men ideas
[John] von Neumann gave me an interesting idea: that you don't have to be responsible for the world that you're in. So I have developed a very powerful sense of social irresponsibility as a result of von Neumann's advice. It's made me a very happy man ever since. But it was von Neumann who put the seed in that grew into my active irresponsibility! Richard P. Feynman
powerful religion alternatives
Religion is the most powerful alternative to God. Richard Holloway
powerful evil decision
You can't blame science for being used for evil purposes. What you can do is say, 'This is an exceedingly powerful tool.' And you want to make sure it is used for good purposes, not bad ones. That is a political decision. Richard Dawkins
powerful people weapons
Religion is a powerful weapon that can be used because it persuades people to do things. And thus it can be used for good or ill. But it should not be a powerful weapon at all.
powerful bigs
To make pictures big is to make them more powerful Robert Mapplethorpe
powerful writing childhood
And I wanted to do a movie [Moonrise Kingdom] about a childhood romance - a very powerful experience of childhood romance. About what it's like to just be blindsided, when you're in fifth grade or sixth grade, by these kinds of feelings. Along the way, I sort of mixed in some interest in "young adult fantasy" writing. Wes Anderson
powerful littles fool
You little fool. You thought you could defeat the most powerful being on Earth. Walt Disney
powerful stress inspiration
I believe firmly in the efficacy of religion, in its powerful influence on a person's whole life. It helps immeasurably to meet the storms and stress of life and keep you attuned to the Divine inspiration. Without inspiration, we would perish.
powerful soul doubt
Doubts must be resolved alone within the soul. Otherwise one would profane one's own powerful solution. Wassily Kandinsky
powerful circles impact
The impact of the acute angle of a triangle on a circle produces an effect no less powerful than the finger of God touching the finger of Adam in Michelangelo.
powerful mean power
When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power. Walter Jon Williams
powerful love-is painkillers
Love is a powerful painkiller. Walter Kirn
power firsts principles
The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. Walter Lippmann
power law people
If all power is in the people, if there is no higher law than their will, and if by counting their votes, their will may be ascertained - then the people may entrust all their power to anyone, and the power of the pretender and the usurper is then legitimate. It is not to be challenged since it came originally from the sovereign people.
powerful garden atheism
Before receiving your instruction, I must tell you what happened to me one day. I had just had a closet built at the end of my garden. I heard a mole arguing with a cockchafer; 'Here's a fine structure,' said the mole, 'it must have been a very powerful mole who did this work.' 'You're joking,' said the cockchafer; 'it's a cockchafer full of genius who is the architect of this building.' From that moment I resolved never to argue. Voltaire
powerful equality may
All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free
powerful greatness understanding
True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others.
power politics unlimited
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. William Pitt
power government firsts
We start with first principles. The Constitution creates a Federal Government of enumerated powers. William Rehnquist
powerful men average
But the instinct of hoarding, like all other instincts, tends to become hypertrophied and perverted; and with the institution of private property comes another institution-that of plunder and brigandage. In private life, no motive of action is at present so powerful and so persistent as acquisitiveness, which unlike most other desires, knows no satiety. The average man is rich enough when he has a little more than he has got, and not till then. William Ralph Inge
powerful symbolism half
In mockery I have set A powerful emblem up, And sing it rhyme upon rhyme In mockery of a time Half dead at the top. William Butler Yeats
powerful heart destiny
If a powerful and benevolent spirit has shaped the destiny of this world, we can better discover that destiny from the words that have gathered up the heart's desire of the world, than from historical records, or from speculation, wherein the heart withers.