Mage-taught wisdom reproached him: any gift of power was two-edged.
Janny WurtsTags: power
I always did whatever I liked," she said, "but now I really can do it.
A.A. MilneIf knowledge is power, let's spread it as widely as possible and dilute it to deny those who would abuse it.
Stuart Akenand so will the world end, I think, a victim of love rather than hate. For love's ever been the more destructive weapon, sure.
Stephen KingTags: love power world hate victim
Crowds exhibit a docile respect for force, And are but slightly impressed by kindness, Which for them is scarcely other than a form of weakness. Their sympathies have never been bestowed upon easy going masters, but the tyrants who vigorously oppressed them. It is to these latter that they always erect the loftiest statues. It is true that they willingly trample on the despot whom they have stripped of his power, but it is because having lost his power he resumes his place among the feeble who are to be despised because they are not to be feared. The type of hero dear to a crowd will always have the semblance of a Caesar, His insignia attract them, His authority overawes them, and his sword instils them with fear.
Gustave Le BonTags: power
[P]ower is at its most potent when it can operate silently.
James SharpeTags: power
A lion may die of an ass's kick.
Robert BrowningTags: life power courage weakness fates
Panem et Circenses translates into 'Bread and Circuses.' The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power.
Orson Scott CardTags: power responsibility
God has chosen to save the world through the cross, through the shameful and
powerless death of the crucified Messiah. If that shocking event is the
revelation of the deepest truth about the character of God, then our whole way
of seeing the world is turned upside down… all values are transformed… God
refuses to play games of power and prestige on human terms.
Tags: power god suffering weakness cross
White folks have controlled New Orleans with money and guns, black folks have controlled it with magic and music, and although there has been a steady undercurrent of mutual admiration, an intermingling of cultures unheard of in any other American city, South or North; although there has prevailed a most joyous and fascinating interface, black anger and white fear has persisted, providing the ongoing, ostensibly integrated fete champetre with volatile and sometimes violent idiosyncrasies.
Tom RobbinsTags: fear music power black guns new-orleans race-relations white
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