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Powers Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Magic and all that is ascribed to it is a deep presentiment of the powers of science.
- I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to…
- Dear to us are those who love us... but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for they add another life; they build a…
- The powers of the Soul are commensurate with its needs.
- We do not yet trust the unknown powers of thought. Whence came all these tools, inventions, book laws, parties, kingdoms? Out of the invisible world,…
- Let a stoic open the resources of man, and tell men they are not leaning willows, but can and must detach themselves; that with the…
- The intellect searches out the Absolute order of things as they stand in the mind of God, and without the colors of affection. The intellectual…
- Look out into the July night, and see the broad belt of silver flame which flashes up the half of heaven, fresh and delicate as…
- If the colleges were better, if they ... had the power of imparting valuable thought, creative principles, truths which become powers, thoughts which become talents,…
- A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
- The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.
- Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.
- If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with great powers, the world would fall into their hands like a…
- A third felicity of age is that ithas found expression. The youth suffers not only from ungratified desires, but from powers untried, and from a…
More Powers Quotes
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if… — Marcus Aurelius
- An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels… — Jane Austen
- What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no,… — Teresa of Avila
- To be sure, the response of faith to revelation, which God grants to the creature he chooses and moves with his love,… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers. — Benjamin Banneker
- There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they are all… — Abu Bakar Bashir
- The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King… — Sarah Bernhardt
- I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do… — Halle Berry
- As civilisation advances, the deities lessen in number, the divine powers become concentrated more and more in one Being, and God rules… — Annie Besant
- The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder in fruitless… — Conrad Black
- The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which… — Tony Blair