961 private quotes tagged power

“Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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“There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“To live happily is an inward power of the soul.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.” — George Orwell

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“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” — Thomas Paine

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“In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” — James Madison

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“What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators.” — Steven Wright

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“All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.” — Thomas Paine

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“Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control these three alone lead one to sovereign power.” — Alfred Tennyson

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“The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.” — Voltaire

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“Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting.” — Aldous Huxley

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“Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.” — Aldous Huxley

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“I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.” — John F. Kennedy

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“To make no mistakes is not in the power of man but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.” — Plutarch

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“Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.” — Howard Zinn

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“I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.” — Stephen Hawking

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“Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.” — James Madison

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“A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold.” — Aristotle

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“No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.” — Friedrich Schiller

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“All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.” — Albert Camus

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