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Education demands, then, only this: the utilization of the inner powers of the child for his own instruction. — Maria Montessori
The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers. — Thomas Jefferson
Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns… — Aeschylus
Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Words possess primitive mystical incantatory healing powers... Their articulation represents a complete, lived experience. — Ingrid Bengis
I believe that writing is an account of the powers of extrication. — John Cheever
Do you recall the story of the young Yogi in the MahÃ¢bhÃ¢rata who prided himself on his psychic powers by burning the bodies of a… — Swami Vivekananda
Women have millions of years of genetically-enc oded intelligences, intuitions, capacities, knowledges, powers, and cellular knowings of exactly what to do with the infant. — Joseph Chilton Pearce
The central event of the twentieth century is the overthrow of matter. ...The powers of the mind are everywhere ascendant over the brute force of… — George Gilder
Let there be an end to the arrogance of the big powers who miss no opportunity to put the rights of the people in question.… — Thomas Sankara
The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things which are essential… — Henry Knox
There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we… — J. Michael Straczynski
The spiritual rest, which God particularly intends in this Commandment, is this: that we not only cease from our labor and trade, but much more,… — Martin Luther
The power of the gospel lies[...] in the powerful announcement that God is God, that Jesus is Lord, that the powers of evil have been… — N. T. Wright
The gift of creating new life needs to be, once again, welcomed and honoured as one of the most mysterious of human powers. And women… — Patricia Monaghan
It is said that a wise man rules over the stars, but this does not mean that he rules over the influences which come from… — Paracelsus
Man's origin was as spirit, not a physical body. These souls projected themselves into matter, probably for their own diversion. Through the use of his… — Edgar Cayce
Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity. — Abraham Lincoln
The martyrs shook the powers of darkness with the irresistible power of weakness. — John Milton
The child is endowed with unknown powers, which can guide us to a radiant future. If what we really want is a new world, then… — Maria Montessori

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