Quotes on Power

In Tibetan, authentic presence is wangthang, which literally means, 'field of power'... The cause or the virtue that brings about authentic presence is emptying out and letting go. You have to be without clinging.

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.

Be generous in nature and thought; for this wins respect and gives confidence and power.

The new and terrible dangers which man has created can only be controlled by man.

We can't do without dominating others or being served.... The essential thing, in sum, is being able to get angry without the other person being able to answer back.

Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.

Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.

You take my life when you do take the means whereby I live

O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his opponent.

The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding

Freedom exists only with power.

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.

I find myself born into this particular position. I'm determined to make the most of it. And to do whatever I can to help. And I hope I leave things behind a little bit better than I found them.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.

The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth

In the year 2000, the solar water heater behind me, which is being dedicated today, will still be here supplying cheap, efficient energy. A generation from now, this solar heater can either be a curiosity, a museum piece, an example of a road not taken, or it can be just a small part of one of the greatest and most exciting adventures ever undertaken by the American people: harnessing the power of the Sun to enrich our lives as we move away from our crippling dependence on foreign oil.

The study of Nature is intercourse with the highest mind. You should never trifle with Nature. At her lowest her works are the works of the highest powers, the highest something in the universe, in whichever way we look at it... This is the charm of Study from Nature itself; she brings us back to absolute truth wherever we wander.

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality.