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We often say how impressive power is. But I do not find it impressive at all. The guns and the read more
We often say how impressive power is. But I do not find it impressive at all. The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure. They are necessary symbols. They protect what we cherish. But they are witness to hum.
Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.
Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.
So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed,
And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
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So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed,
And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
- Barry Cornwall (pseudonym of Bryan Waller Procter),
Then, everlasting Love, restrain thy will;
'Tis god-like to have power, but not to kill.
Then, everlasting Love, restrain thy will;
'Tis god-like to have power, but not to kill.
Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others.
Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others.
I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.
I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.
All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.
All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.