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Power Quotes by Thomas Merton
- True encounter with Christ liberates something within us, a power we did not know we had, a capacity to grow and change.
- There is in us an instinct for newness, for renewal, for a liberation of creative power. We seek to awaken in ourselves a force which…
- It is almost impossible to overestimate the value of true humility and its power in the spiritual life. For the beginning of humility is the…
- All men who live only according to their five senses, and seek nothing beyond the gratification of their natural appetites for pleasure and reputation and…
- The only influence that can really upset the injustice and iniquity of men is the power that breathes in the Christian tradition, renewing our participation…
- Fear narrows the little entrance of our heart. It shrinks up our capacity to love. It freezes up our power to give ourselves.
- Once you have grace," I said to him, "you are free. Without it, you cannot help doing the things you know you should not do,…
- Consequently, the truth of God lives in our souls more by the power of superior moral courage than by the light of an eminent intelligence.…
- A humble man is not afraid of failure. In fact, he is not afraid of anything, even himself, since perfect humility implies perfect confidence in…
- I am against war, against violence, against violent revolution, for peaceful settlement of differences, for nonviolent but nevertheless radical changes. Change is needed, and violence…
- The gift of love is the gift of the power and capacity to love, and therefore, to give love with full effect is also to…
- For power can guarantee the interests of some men but it can never foster the good of man. Power always protects the good of some…
- It's a risky thing to pray and the danger is that our very prayers get between God and us. The great thing in prayer is…
More Power Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- 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