“In the Old Testament, it says that if you have the power to do something good, then you have to do it. You're not to avoid helping somebody in their time of need.”
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“All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star.”
“We should keep silent about those in power to speak well of them almost implies flattery to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.”
“Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.”
“I am opposed to the accumulation of executive power anywhere.”
“There's a lot more power in calm than in vituperation.”
“The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.”
“To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.”
“It is a power stronger than will. Could a stone escape from the laws of gravity? Impossible. Impossible, for evil to form an alliance with good.”
“The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power.”
“Woes and wonders of Power, that tonic hell, synthesis of poison and panacea.”
“The point of power is always in the present moment.”
“Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life.”
“When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away.”
“What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power.”
“The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.”
“Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.”
“The law always limits every power it gives.”
“I think I have told you, but if I have not, you must have understood, that a man who has a vision is not able to use the power of it until after he has performed the vision on earth for the people to see.”
“To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see.”
“You see, I had been riding with the storm clouds, and had come to earth as rain, and it was drought that I had killed with the power that the Six Grandfathers gave me.”
“The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.”
“All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.”
“Order is power.”