Fragility Quote by e. e. cummings

There is no greater source of strength and power for me in my life than going still, being quiet and recognizing what real power…

— Oprah Winfrey

Look at these worlds spinning out of nothingness. That is within your power.

— Rumi

When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it. It is not the things that disturb us, but our…

— Epictetus

Each one of us, as long as life stirs is us, may play a part in extricating ourselves from the power system by asserting…

— Lewis Mumford

Our greatest strength isn't our ability to imagine brighter days ahead, it is that we are empowered-in every present moment-to effortlessly dismiss any dark…

— Guy Finley

We live in a world which respects power above all things. Power, intelligently directed, can lead to more freedom. Unwisely directed, it can be…

— Mary McLeod Bethune

“As long as you allow your intellectual force to pour out into the absolute, it moves in eddies, its power is dissipated, it is…

— Jacques Rivière

We may overcompensate for our feelings of powerlessness by attempting to control and manipulate other people and our environment. Or we may eventually burst…

— Shakti Gawain

Let us simmer over our incalculable cauldron, our enthralling confusion, our hotchpotch of impulses, our perpetual miracle - for the soul throws up wonders…

— Virginia Woolf

Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power…

— Gary Zukav

Being physically close to extreme power causes one to experience a giddiness, an intoxication.

— Maya Angelou

We have all experienced times when, instead of being buffeted by anonymous forces, we do feel in control of our actions, masters of our…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi