Top 1200 Divine Power Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Power is what calls the shots, and power is a white male game.

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

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

No one can hold absolute power for long, controlled power endures.

We think we have no power when in fact we have more than enough power.

We are like newborn children, Our power is the power to grow.

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

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

If there is a single power the West underestimates, it is the power of collective hatred.

Nobody gives you power. Real power is something you take.

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

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

It is the power of thought that gives man power over nature.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

You can have the power to destroy, but it doesn't give you the power to reform, or improve, or build.

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

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

The one power a man has that cannot be stripped from him is the power to do nothing.

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

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

The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.

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.

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

All leaders must have some power. Without power, you can't be a leader.

The most enduring sort of power is realizing the power within.

Our problem is not that we don't have power, so much as that we tend to not use the power we have.

I know My God commands, whose power no power resists.

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

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

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.

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

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

The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed.

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

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

Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.

Some say knowledge is power, but that is not true. Character is power.

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

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

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

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

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

I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

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 tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.