Power Quotes
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By its very nature, non-violence cannot ‘seize’ power, nor can that be its goal. But non-violence can do more; it can effectively control and guide power without capturing the machinery of government. That is its beauty.
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To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience.
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The Secretary General, in a very real sense, is the servant of the General Assembly. Diminish his authority and you diminish the authority of the only body where all nations, regardless of power, are equal and sovereign. Until all the powerful are just, the weak will be secure only in the strength of this Assembly.
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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
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Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.
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Now we can see why nondemocratic regimes imperil the security of the world. They stay in power by controlling their populations. This control invariably requires an increasing amount of repression. To justify this repression and maintain internal stability, external enemies must be manufactured.
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As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.
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There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.
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[People] might have a different word for the yearning of the heart and the yearning of the spirit that is looking for what I call "God," it still is the same thing. It is the heart's yearning to know the origin of its mystery. It's a heart's yearning to know the power of the divine in each of our lives. It's a heart's yearning to be connected to that.
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This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy.
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As a father of six kids and as a man who's been transformed by the power of the gospel, I would never just let my kids flounder and just sort of try to figure out their own way through life when I know that I've got the best guide on the planet - God and His word.
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Computer power grows according to Moore's law, as does the sophistication of handheld devices.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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Because I've done a lot of theater, I know what power is and how megalomaniacs are, since I've certainly played some.
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No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?
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Is it not better to use what is in thy power like a free man than to desire in a slavish and abject way what is not in thy power?
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We have now in our possession three instruments of civilization, unknown to antiquity. These are the art of printing; free representative government; and, lastly, a pure and spiritual religion, the deep fountain of generous enthusiasm, the mighty spring of bold and lofty designs, the great sanctuary of moral power.
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The master's irresponsible power has no such bound.
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The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility.
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In Romanticism, unlike the Renaissance, Amazons retain their power. Rousseau wants it both ways. Idolizing women is natural and right, a cosmic law. On the other hand, male recessiveness is blamed on female coercion. Either way, sadomasochistic dominance and submission are inherent in Rousseausism from the start.
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I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.
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To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art.
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I remember plastering the kitchen with Black Power pictures of Angela Davis.
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If we were handling a bomb which could go off at any minute as a result of our actions, we would mind ourselves and be delicate. Our words have the same power, yet we wield them around as though they were powerless and insignificant.
