Top 1200 Absolute Power Corrupts Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

The moment Germany rises as a great power, France gains a new importance as a cultural power.

Words that arise spontaneously out of the state of presence are charged with spiritual power: the power to awaken.

No peace was ever won from fate by subterfuge or argument; no peace is ever in store for any of us, but that which we shall win by victory over shame or sin--victory over the sin that oppresses, as well as over that which corrupts.

Few women see power as an end in itself. The point of power is the freedom to cultivate roses.

Choice is the doorway to our creative power. To unleash this power, we must begin from the state of beingness.

The economy has made me think I have no power. That is not true. I control the power to change my future.

The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future and change lives.

Power might feel tasty and good in the moment, but it will never be satisfying, never fill you up. Yep, no matter how much power you get, you will always feel empty. You just keep wanting more and more power.

Old school feminism, coveting social power, is blind to woman's cosmic sexual power.

... the Power who gave a power, by its mere existence, signifies that it must be brought out towards perfection.

There is a supreme power and ruling force which pervades and rules the boundless universe. You are a part of this power

The competition of social power with State power is always disadvantaged, since the State can arrange the terms of competition to suit itself, even to the point of outlawing any exercise of social power whatever in the premises; in other words, giving itself a monopoly.

If ... it is not in my power to arrive at the knowledge of any truth, I may at least do what is in my power, namely, suspend judgement.

Power is not anything that's given away. Power is something you have to compete for.

We are a nation founded on distrust of government power, and questioning that power is essential to promoting transparency and accountability.

Since day one, my inception, when I came into the world - I had my eyes on power. The WWE championship is power.

Beautiful revelations of power are often written by the guy who got kicked around and didn’t have any power.

My books are always about someone obtaining a power to replace the previous sort of power that they held.

What journalism is really about-it's to monitor power and the centres of power.

Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking.

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix

For presidential power to meaningfully expand, it is not enough for a president to simply make a power grab.

There is no greater power than the power of love, which arises from Presence. It overcomes all resistance.

Telling my story is to empower people to believe in their own power. We have so much power individually.

What the law tried to do by a restraining power from without, the gospel does by an inspiring power from within.

The love of power comes from a lack of the most important power, that of living a life of eternity with every creature.

Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.

Black Power alone is no more insurance against social injustice than white power.

The power of light is always bigger than the power of darkness.

Cynics who say power is all that counts in politics forget that power without ideas is just improvisation.

Our country needs power for its economic growth, and clean, green power is the best option.

Consciousness begins when brains acquire the power, the simple power I must add, of telling a story.

If you're just the person with power, exercising that power fearfully and angrily, you're going to be an operative of injustice and inequality.

That all may be so, but when I begin to exercise that power I am not conscious of the power, but only of the limitations imposed on me.

There's just a whole different attitude and vibe when you're not in power as when you're in power.

Coercive power is the curse of the universe, coactive power, the enrichment and advancement of every human soul.

God is the ultimate source of all power. All human power is therefore derived, limited, unstable and transient.

Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.

Having power and being in a position of power can really blur your judgement, and it's not always that clear.

The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.

The church and religion has lost tremendous power and positive power.

Simplicity is power. The power to do less of what doesn't matter and more of what does.

Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

It is necessary to do a systems analysis of your life. Look at where you gain power and where you lose power.

For the kids, who in their lives have never known the slightest power, delinquency is a way of looking for power.

Everyone knows the power of a song and it takes you back to that place. Just that power of words can heal.

But the lover's power is the poet's power. He can make love from all the common strings with which this world is strung.

Power positions do not yield to arguments, however rationally and morally valid, but only to superior power.

When we experience the power of the Self, there is an absence of fear, there is no compulsion to control, and no struggle for approval or external power.

The contest of strength is not only a contest of military and economic power, but also a contest of human power and morale. Military and economic power is necessarily wielded by people.

The truth of art consists in its power to break the monopoly that those in power exercise by defining what is real.

Not all powers are spectacular." Hestia looked at me. "Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding.

The real spiritual power is enabling beings to realize the nature of the mind. That's the power of Buddha activity.

In a democracy, the citizens are supposed to have all the power, and the government is supposed to be the means by which the citizens exercise that power. But when you have a surveillance state, the state has all the power, and citizens have very little.

The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.

John Marshall's warning that the power to tax is the power to destroy has taken on far greater meaning... more specifically, the power of the Internal Revenue Service is threatening to destroy the freedom of religion , guaranteed by the First Amendment. As part of that guarantee, Congress has granted tax exemptions for churches to avoid excessive interference in their religious activities.

My sense was that most of the elected officials in Washington - in their heart of hearts - really believe that the system can't be too bad because it produced them. And when people in power can stay in power they do very little to tinker with the apparatus that put them in power. We've seen it time after time after time.

I don't have power or money and one-sided media support or the inclination to stoop to any level for the sake of power.

Pakistan is riddled with problems that are rooted in the disproportionate power of the state. Aid has only boosted that power.