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Power Quotes by Sigmund Freud
- The impression forces itself upon one that men measure by false standards, that everyone seeks power, success, riches for himself, and admires others who attain…
- Writers write for fame, wealth, power and the love of women.
- Human life in common is only made possible when a majority comes together which is stronger than any separate individual and which remains united against…
- One... gets an impression that civilization is something which was imposed on a resisting majority by a minority which understood how to obtain possession of…
- The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture.
- It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement -- that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves…
- Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair; they can transfer knowledge from teacher to student; words enable…
- Words and magic were in the beginning one and the same thing, and even today words retain much of their magical power.
- Words have a magical power. They can either bring the greatest happiness or the deepest despair.
- I have no concern with any economic criticisms of the communist system; I cannot inquire into whether the abolition of private property is expedient or…
- Men are strong only so long as they represent a strong idea. They become powerless when they oppose it.
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- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
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- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and… — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. — Aristotle
- The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. — Aristotle
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
- A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way… — Aristotle
- The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo