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It is the nature of aphoristic thinking to be always in a state of concluding; a bid to have the final word is inherent in… — Susan Sontag
The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances. — Seneca the Younger
If, when the chips are down, the worlds most powerful nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of… — Richard M. Nixon
All the reputedly powerful reactionaries are merely paper tigers. The reason is that they are divorced from the people. Look! Was not Hitler a paper… — Mao Zedong
Man is more powerful than matter. — Benjamin Disraeli
How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful. — Robert Burns
There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion. — Baron de Montesquieu
To the excessively fearful the chief characteristic of power is its arbitrariness. Man had to gain enormously in confidence before he could conceive an all-powerful… — Eric Hoffer
The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential. — John C. Maxwell
I really don't know what exactly all the songs mean. Sometimes other people have meanings and when I hear them I think, 'That's really a… — Paul Simon
I could send myself right back to the day that I wrote "Angel Of The Morning," how it felt. I had a buzz through me… — Chip Taylor
On occasions when u feel most hopeless, u must take powerful effort. We must persist in face of failure. — Dalai Lama
The food you eat can either be the safest and most powerful form of medicine, or the slowest form of poison — Ann Wigmore
Because the biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are so dynamic, when people change their diet and lifestyle, they usually feel so much… — Dean Ornish
O powerful love, that in some respects makes a beast a man, in some other, a man a beast. — William Shakespeare
I became entirely given over to extreme dread. The fear was so powerful that it seemed to make my personality completely evaporate... 'Whitley' ceased to… — Whitley Strieber
Yes, racism looks like hate, but hate is just one manifestation. Privilege is another. Access is another. Ignorance is another. Apathy is another, and so… — Scott Woods
No single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable. — David Foster Wallace
The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope — Norman Cousins
Use every letter you write, every conversation you have, every meeting you attend, to express your fundamental beliefs and dreams. Affirm to others the vision… — Robert Muller

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