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I have come to regard the law courts not as a cathedral but rather as a casino.
Honing a thing down until you can still get through with economy, that's power.
I have yet to encounter that common myth of weak men, an insurmountable barrier.
As I have always said, those closest to the pain should be closest to the power.
In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.
Power is emotionless; yet one with personal power will experience more emotions.
Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.
Kings may see their palaces fall, but the ants will always have their dwellings.
There's enough on this planet for everyone's needs but not for everyone's greed.
In the old days all you needed was a handshake. Nowadays you need forty lawyers.
Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside
Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.
Nothing is more arrogant than the weakness which feels itself supported by power.
The lion cares less about being king of the beasts than about finding his dinner.
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?
We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.
Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them.
If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command.
The new and terrible dangers which man has created can only be controlled by man.
Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.
I shan't be pulling the levers there but I shall be a very good back-seat driver.
Everything is dependent upon energy. Energy is attention. Attention is awareness.
Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
Most power is power to coerce somebody. We don't have the power to coerce anybody.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.
When we have the Spirit to direct us, we are capable of teaching with great power.
Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.
How many undervalue the power of simplicity ! But it is the real key to the heart.
The Spirit power begins in directing the Animal power to other than egoistic ends.
A magistrate is not a father; he must be just and severe. Only tyrants are fathers.
Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.
There is no thought in any mind, but it quickly tends to convert itself into power.
Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished.
Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
power, after it has ceased from troubling, is the dominant passion in human nature.
Properly channeled, common feelings of inadequacy lead to powers of accomplishment.
And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.
The one power a man has that cannot be stripped from him is the power to do nothing.
Wealth is power, and power is the only thing about which contemporary culture cares.
All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.
The hammer and the anvil are the two hemispheres of every true reformer's character.
Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking.
Some have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil.
The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.
Power isn’t just about going forward. It’s about not letting anything hold you back.
Power is always right, weakness always wrong. Power is always insolent and despotic.
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.