Powerful Quotes

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On why I don't trust democracy without extremely powerful systems of accountability and recall What seems to be generosity is often only disguised ambition -… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Who is all-powerful should fear everything. — Pierre Corneille
Buddha introduced the idea that young people should become sannyasins. Then it is something significant. When a young person goes beyond sex, when a young… — Rajneesh
There's a subterranean impetus towards pornography so powerful that half the business world is juiced by the sort of half sex that one finds in… — Norman Mailer
In my early 20s, I had this idea that I was going to front a band, like Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin. I didn't just… — Pat Benatar
A powerful hand lens [Eschenback Leutchlupe] with a focused beam of light opens up an entire world below the threshold of the ordinary experience of… — Allen Lacy
Positive and powerful: Sometimes people won't like me, and it's okay. Positive and powerful: I like me, and that's all that matters. Positive and powerful:… — Beverly Engel
We're finding [texting] 11 times more powerful than email [for communicating with kids]. — Nancy Lublin
To me, thought-controlled computing is as simple and powerful as a paintbrush - one more tool to unlock and enliven the hidden worlds within us. — Ariel Garten
Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change. — Gautama Buddha
There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us. — Sophocles
If we observe genuinely happy people, we shall find that they do not just sit around being contented. They make things happen. They pursue new… — Sonja Lyubomirsky
Keeping your mind open in the face of uncertainty is the single most powerful secret of unleashing your creative potential. — Michael J. Gelb
The standard four food groups are based on American agricultural lobbies. Why do we have a milk group? Because we have a National Dairy Council.… — Marion Nestle
Homosexuality is regarded as shameful by barbarians and by those who live under despotic governments just as philosophy is regarded as shameful by them, because… — Plato
As we enter the 21st Century it is clear that we have entered an unprecedented global age in which our diverse cultures, religions, philosophies, worldviews… — Ashok Gangadean
A good fragrance is really a powerful cocktail of memories and emotion. — Jeffrey Stepakoff
Libraries were full of ideas-perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons. — Sarah J. Maas
I consider the domestic virtue of the Americans as the principle source of all their other qualities. It acts as a promoter of industry, as… — Francis Grund
There is nothing like lust. Lust may be said to be the most powerful passion. Fortunately, we have but one thing which is more powerful.… — Gautama Buddha
The mind wants to land, to fixate, to hold a concept, but the only way you can be really free is by not fixating. That's… — Adyashanti
The being we call god is merely a pawn working for a powerful and rational force in some far-off galaxy. This force is trying to… — Unknown Author
Save money on the big, boring stuff so that you have something left over for life's little pleasures. — Elisabeth Leamy
I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You don't grasp the fact that what is most alive of all… — Kabir
Everyone starts out with nobody listening to them and nobody to listen to. How and who you add determines what Twitter will become for you. — Laura Fitton

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