Power Quotes - Page 6

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

Because there was a hunger in me to see everything and do everything. I wanted to be everyone I saw. I wasn't enough for me. Can you understand that?

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.

When you become the image of your own imagination, it's the most powerful thing you could ever do.

We are at our most powerful the moment we no longer need to be powerful.

If I look at the mass I will never act.

The greatest act of faith some days is to simply get up and face another day.

What more could you want? How about dominion over this 'beautiful place'? Beauty doesn't last. Friends and family decay. Power is the only thing that goes on forever."
Jack answered with his gut. "No, love goes on forever.

Can Power speak the truth to love? These men certainly blurted it out. And what did we learn from them? That power is blind, and love at first sight is a fickle judge of those who grasp too desperately.

Of all the things that are beyond my power, I value nothing more highly than to be allowed the honor of entering into bonds of friendship with people who sincerely love truth. For, of things beyond our power, I believe there is nothing in the world which we can love with tranquility except such men.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

A lie's true power cannot be accurately measured by the number of people who believe its deception when it is told, it must be measured by the number of people who will go out after hearing it trying to convince others of its truth.

The media - stenographers to power.

As time and space are bent by gravity, so too is truth bent by power.

We can be seduced...by powerful political groups that promise more wealth and lower taxes. Those with power can use clever, psychological tricks and play upon our weaknesses and brokenness in order to attract us to their way of thinking. We can be manipulated into illusion.

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.

Atât de mare e puterea adevărului care, precum binele, se răspândește de la sine.

A desire for privacy does not imply shameful secrets; Moglen argues, again and again, that without anonymity in discourse, free speech is impossible, and hence also democracy. The right to speak the truth to power does not shield the speaker from the consequences of doing so; only comparable power or anonymity can do that.

Truth is Evidence of Love. And, Nothing Can Stop the Power of Trusting and Loving Unconditionally.

More powerful than the mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.