Quotes About Power

I smiled faintly. One word: badass. I want to be Jericho Barrons when I grow up." - Feverborn (Fever, #8)

Though contrary to what the Old Man would have me believe, the vocabulary of servitude is not built upon my knowledge of foreign words but rather on my ability to swallow them.

It is quite possible for a work of literature to operate as a war machine upon its epoch.

The women say that they could not eat hare veal or fowl, they say that they could not eat animals, but man, yes, they may. He says to them throwing his head back with pride, poor wretches of women, if you eat him who will go to work in the fields, who will produce food consumer goods, who will make the aeroplanes, who will pilot them, who will provide the spermatozoa, who will write the books, who in fact will govern? Then the women laugh, baring their teeth to the fullest extent.

They say, hell, let the earth become a vast hell destroying killing and setting fire to the buildings of men, to theatres, national assemblies, to museums, libraries, prisons, psychiatric hospitals, old and new, from which they free the slaves.

For there is no sex. There is but sex that is oppressed and sex that oppresses. It is oppression that creates sex and not the contrary.

C'est l'oppression qui crée le sexe et non l'inverse.

Bring out... The Comfy Chair!!!!

He who fears something gives it power over him.

My attitude towards peace does not depend on which war we are discussing. I think that words should do the work of bombs.

There is a cruelty that lurks in some men's souls which is only released when they have other men in their power.

Your voice is a very powerful weapon. When you are in tune with the cosmic breath of heaven and earth, your voice produces true sounds

Create your own universe and bring everything into your own sphere

Channel that tremendous force into the proper activity and you will accomplish wonderful things

Draw a circle around the center of a human being. Within this circle lies all physical power. Outside of this circle, even the strongest human being loses his power. If you can pin your partner outside of his sphere of strength, you can control him with just one finger

What a pity. He was too strong for his own good." People possessing tremendous strength have a very difficult time controlling themselves and easily make enemies.)

The purpose of the Art of Peace is to fashion sincere human beings; a sincere human being is one who has unified body and spirit, one who is free of hesitation or doubt, and one who understands the power of words

People possessing tremendous strength have a very difficult time controlling themselves and easily make enemies.)

Your spirit is the true shield.

In the art of peace, a single cut of the sword summons up the wondrous powers of the universe. That one sword links the past, present, and future; it absorbs the universe. Time and space disappear. All of creation, from the distant past to the present moment, lives in the sword. All human existence flourishes right here in the sword you hold in your hands. You are now prepared for anything that may arise.

The true meaning of the 'samurai' is one who serves and adheres to the power of love.

Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.

Warriorship is none other than the vitality that sustains all life.

Oh! Money, money, money! The Frankenstein monster that destroys souls!