Quotes About Power

Names reflect true understanding of a thing, and when you truly understand a thing you have power over it.

My point is this. In each of us there is a mind we use for all our waking deeds. But there is another mind as well, a sleeping mind. It is so powerful that the sleeping mind of an eight-year-old can accomplish in one second what the waking minds of seven members of the Arcanum could not in fifteen minutes.

She stamped her foot. She hoped the greedy thing shit for a week. She hoped it shit its awful self inside-out and backward, then fell into a crack and lost its name and died alone and hollow-empty in the angry dark.

It is a word. Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. There are seven words that will make a person love you. There are ten words that will break a strong man's will. But a word is nothing but a painting of a fire. A name is the fire itself.

Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. There are seven words that will make a person love you. There are 10 words that will break a strong man's will. But a word is nothing but a painting of a fire. A name is the fire itself.

Reputation is like a sort of armor, or a weapon you can brandish, if need be".

Un árbol no provoca una tormenta, pero cualquier idiota sabe dónde va a caer el rayo.

By earth and stone, I abjure you!

Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. There are seven words that will make a person love you. There are ten words that will break a strong man's will. But a word is nothing but a painting of a fire. A name is the fire itself." My

Things we understand we can try to control".

Los ojos emocionados de una joven tienen algo poderosamente cautivador. Pueden arrancarle todo tipo de tonterías a un joven estúpido, y yo no he sido la excepción de esta regla

Los nombres reflejan la verdadera comprensión de una cosa, y cuando comprendes de verdad una cosa, tienes poder sobre ella.

Now tell me what I want to know or God will weep when he hears what I've done to you!

I imagine I could do anything," I said easily. "If you would ask it of me.

Nuestras formas de hablar son como dibujos de nombres. Nombres vagos, débiles, pero nombres al fin y al cabo. Ten cuidado con ellos.

Inherent power is an obvious thing. Strength of body." He patted my supporting arm. "Strength of mind. Strength of personality. All these things lie within a person. They define us. They determine our limits.

The point of all of this is control. First you must have control of yourself. Then you can gain control of your surroundings. Then you gain control of whoever stands against you.

bar and dashed it against Skarpi's head, shattering

Secrets are the cornerstone of civilization,

Deseaba cosas para ella misma. Retorcía el mundo y le cambiaba la forma correcta. Lo revolvía todo con el peso de su deseo.

I needed to let them know they couldn't hurt me. I've learned that the best way to stay safe is to make your enemies think you can't be hurt.

My Alar is like the ocean in a storm.

O poder é bom e a estupidez é inofensiva, em geral. Mas o poder e a estupidez juntos são um perigo.

He beat you." And as I spoke the words I felt a terrible anger come together inside me. It wasn't hot and furious, as some of my flashes of temper tend to be. This was different, slow and cold.