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The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers. — Erich Fromm
There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers. — Erich Fromm
Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Certainly there are dozens of over-50 actresses who look great: Sophia Loren, Susan Sarandon, Ursula Andress, Stefanie Powers, Raquel Welch, Barbara Eden, Joanna Lumley, Linda… — Joan Collins
To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending. — Rafael Correa
One of the specific powers and responsibilities of the federal government is to secure the borders. Property can be taken with due process of law… — Ted Cruz
Such happiness as life is capable of comes from the full participation of all our powers in the endeavor to wrest from each changing situations… — John Dewey
The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend. — Benjamin Disraeli
Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done. — Frederick Douglass
The way the world is going, it's technology driven. And it isn't just driven by the old super powers, it's driven by the far east… — James Dyson
A good indignation brings out all one's powers. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing. — Epictetus
What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan
The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can… — Euripides
It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I… — Pierre de Fermat
The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction. — Michael Faraday
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. — Sydney J. Harris
A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers. — Friedrich August von Hayek

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