Force Quotes

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The greatest remedy that is used against a plan of the enemy is to do voluntarily what he plans that you do by force. — Niccolo Machiavelli
The forces of adversaries are more diminished by the loss of those who flee than of those who are killed. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Perhaps losing integrity with yourself is the greatest stress of all, far more hurtful to us than competition, time pressure, or lack of respect. Our… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Knowing others is to be clever. Knowing yourself is to be enlightened. Overcoming others requires force. Overcoming yourself requires strength. — Laozi
Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength — Laozi
We are so far from knowing all the forces of nature and their various modes of action that it would be unworthy of the philosopher… — Pierre-Simon Laplace
The external view [of agency] forces itself on us at the same time that we resist it. One way this occurs is through the gradual… — Thomas Nagel
Normativity, I believe, is very different from motivating force. Neither includes, or implies, the other. Other animals can be motivated by their desires and beliefs.… — Derek Parfit
Man was destined for society. His morality, therefore, was to be formed to this object. He was endowed with a sense of right and wrong… — Thomas Jefferson
An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any force. — Ron Paul
Feel the feeling as though the prayer has already been answered, and in that feeling we are speaking to the Forces of Creation, allowing the… — Gregg Braden
In the universe there is an immeasurable, indescribable force which shamens call intent, and absolutely everything that exists in the entire cosmos is attached to… — Carlos Castaneda
Everyone on this planet has spirit within them as an all powerful force for good. — Wayne Dyer
Your physical self is inspired by a divine force that beats its heart, digests its food and grows its fingernails, and this same force is… — Wayne Dyer
Our nature is to worship, but unless that element is directed towards God it becomes "a senseless impersonal force, carrying us away in its momentum.… — Olivier Clement
It seems to me, and I am personally convinced, that the Church must never speak from a position of strength. [These are shocking words.] It… — Anthony of Sourozh
The foremost reason that happiness is so hard to achieve is that the universe was not designed with the comfort of human beings in mind...It… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Every man should let out all the length of all the reigns; should find or make a frank and healthy expression of what force and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The word is not just a sound or a written symbol. The word is a force; it is the power you have to express and… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
How can a man's life keep it's course If he will not let it flow, Those who flow as life flows know They need no… — Laozi

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