Quotes About Power

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use

The prayer that is faithless is fruitless.

Great was the work of creation, but greater was the work of redemption. Great wisdom was seen in making us—but more miraculous wisdom in saving us. Great power was seen in bringing us out of nothing—but greater power in helping us when we were worse than nothing. (...) In the creation, God gave us ourselves; in the redemption, He gave us Himself.

None can do as God; he brought the world out of nothing; 'And hangeth the earth upon nothing.' Job 26: 7.

Where does Christ rule as king? His kingdom is spiritual. He rules in the hearts of men. He sets up his throne where no other king does; he rules the will and affections; his power binds the conscience; he subdues men's lusts. "He will subdue our iniquities." Mic 7:19.

cuando la gracia entra en el corazón, oh qué cambio está ahí! Prepondera la gracia, se presenta frente a la rebelión de la voluntad- hace a un hombre de otro espíritu! convierte el furor de león, en una dulzura de paloma! cambia el odio en delicia! pone un nuevo sesgo en la voluntad! Actúa una espontaneidad y la alegría en servicio de Dios. "tu pueblo será un pueblo dispuesto en el día de tu poder," Salmo 110.8.

There is no one member of the body breaks forth more in God's dishonour than the tongue.

There may be phrases which shall be palaces to dwell in, treasure-houses to explore; a single word may be a window from which one may perceive all the kingdoms of the earth and the glory of them. Oftentimes a word shall speak what accumulated volumes have labored in vain to utter: there may be years of crowded passion in a word, and half a life in a sentence.

Nothing can stop a lie whose fashion has come...

They feared him, and because they feared him, they hated him.

Love as education is one of the great powers of the world, but it hangs in a delicate suspension; it achieves its harmony as seldom as does love by the senses. Frustrated, it creates even greater havoc, for like all love it is a madness.

Without your wounds where would your power be? It is your melancholy that makes your low voice tremble into the hearts of men and women. The very angels themselves cannot persuade the wretched and blundering children of this earth as can one human being broken on the wheels of living. In love's service only wounded soldiers can serve.

Guile is the shield and spear of the oppressed.

But if our minds can make such Gods and if from the Gods we have made there flows such power, which is no more than a power resident within us, why cannot we employ that power directly?

Caesar does not love, nor does he inspire love. He diffuses an equable sense of ordered good will, a passionless energy that creates without fever, and which expends itself without self-examination or self-doubt.

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous. The defeat of hope leads not to despair, but to resignation. The resignation of those who have had a grasp of hope retains hope's power.

Capitalism forces nations to compete for market shares, natural resources, and human capital. Less obvious so, they also compete for names, brands, and terminologies.

Harvard has de facto become a Chinese outpost.

The Chinese dragon 'long' is essentially a force of the good.

With tire Master-Key in his possession, the student may unlock the many doors of the mental and psychic temple of knowledge, and enter the same freely and intelligently. This Principle explains the true nature of "Energy," "Power," and "Matter," and why and how all these are subordinate to the Mastery of Mind.

Transmutation, not presumptuous denial, is the weapon of the Master.

Las muchedumbres se dejan conducir por el entorno o por las voluntades y deseos de otros que son más fuertes.

Debaixo e atrás do véu das doutrinas dos diversos cultos e escolas, acha-se ainda constantemente o princípio da Substância Mental do Universo. Se o Universo é mental na sua natureza substancial, segue-se que a Transmutação Mental pode mudar as condições e os fenômenos do Universo. Se o Universo é mental, a Mente será o poder mais elevado que produz os seus fenômenos.

Este Princípio explica a verdadeira natureza da Força, da Energia e da Matéria, como e por que todas elas são subordinadas ao Domínio da Mente.