Top 1200 Power Structure Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

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

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

All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff.

Taste consists in the power of judging; genius in the power of executing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Power with God will be the gauge of real power with men.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.

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

I believe more in the power of drama than in the power of religion.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Procreative power & priesthood power are shared by husband & wife

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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