Quotes About Power

el viento que mordía hielo para soplar de noche.

Basta con hacerse buenas cuñas y de nombre. El médico del Señor Presidente por aquí... El médico del Señor Presidente por allá... Y eso sí, ya ves; eso sí ya es ser algo...

El crimen es precioso porque garantiza al gobierno la adhesión del ciudadano. ¿La patria? ¡Sálvese, general, yo sé lo que le digo; qué patria ni qué india envuelta! ¿Las leyes? ¡Buenas son tortas! ¡Sálvese, general, porque le espera la muerte!».

Adónde volver los ojos en busca de libertad? El sacristán: —¡A Dios, que es todopoderoso! El estudiante: —¿Para qué, si no responde?... El sacristán: —Porque esa es Su Santísima voluntad... El estudiante: —¡Qué lástima! La

La nuit était si sombre que l'eau des rivières se cognait aux pierres des montagnes et, au-delà des montagnes, Dieu, qui est parfois come un dentiste fou, avec la main du vent, arrachait les arbres avec leur racines.

Let none presume to tell me that the pen is preferable to the sword.

You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.

venceréis pero no convenceréis

Sí, ya sé que uno de esos caudillos de la que llaman la revolución social ha dicho que la religión es el opio del puebo. Opio... Opio... Opio, sí. Démosle opio, y que duerma y que sueñe.

En esta España de calzonazos —decía— los curas manejan a las mujeres y las mujeres a los hombres...

At times to be silent is to lie. You will win because you have enough brute force. But you will not convince. For to convince you need to persuade. And in order to persuade you would need what you lack: Reason and Right

Él no tenía autonomía ni capacidad de decisión. El poder de decisión le llega al hombre cuando ya no le hace falta para nada; cuando ni un solo día puede dejar de guiar un carro o picar piedra si no quiere quedarse sin comer. ¿Para qué le valía, entonces, la capacidad de decisión de un hombre, si puede saberse? La vida era el peor tirano conocido. Cuando la vida le agarra a uno, sobra todo poder de decisión.

Para el que no tiene nada, la política es una tentación comprensible, porque es una manera de vivir con bastante facilidad

La vida era el peor tirano conocido. Cuando la vida le agarra a uno, sobra todo poder de decisión.

We today live on a planet of "robots" directed and managed by the Jews towards a tragic fatal end, towards the abyss and chaos.

Não ser pode ser fraco com os fracos, não se pode prescindir de exercer tudo o que nos cabe de autoridade, seja natural ou apenas "ex officio".

While we cannot foresee the eventual results of creativity—of the attempt to impose our desires on reality, to become the main power that decides the destiny of every form of life on the planet—at least we can try to understand better what this force is and how it works. Because for better or for worse, our future is now closely tied to human creativity. The result will be determined in large part by our dreams and by the struggle to make them real.

The roots of the discontent are internal, and each person must untangle them personally, with his or her own power. The shields that have worked in the past—the order that religion, patriotism, ethnic traditions, and habits instilled by social classes used to provide—are no longer effective for increasing numbers of people who feel exposed to the harsh winds of chaos.

While happiness itself is sought for its own sake, every other goal - health, beauty, money or power - is valued only because we expect that it will make us happy.

The most important step in emancipating oneself from social controls is the ability to find rewards in the events of each moment. If a person learns to enjoy and find meaning in the ongoing stream of experience, in the process of living itself, the burden of social controls automatically falls from one's shoulders. Power returns to the person when rewards are no longer relegated to outside forces.

The gods of the Greeks were like helpless children compared to humankind today and the powers we now wield.

Energy is power, but power is only a means. The goals to which it is applied can make life either richer or more painful.

if Christ had returned to preach his message of liberation in the Middle Ages, he would have been crucified again and again by the leaders of that very church whose worldly power was built on his name.

What I "discovered" was that happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance. It is not something that money can buy or power command. It does not depend on