Books Quote by Matthew Arnold

“When a man may whisper in a close ear, and that whisper be repeated far away and many moons later, then he has power.…

— Brian Ruckley

All that is literature seeks to communicate power

— Thomas de Quincey

“Writing has the power of permanence.”

— Bryant McGill

“Literature is, to my mind, the great teaching power of the world, the ultimate creator of all values, and it is this, not only…

— William Butler Yeats

Literature has the power to change lives, minds, and hearts.

— Anonymous

“Power is defined as an ability to do qualitative work with a quantitative passion, backed by a compelling conviction, directed by a propelling purpose,…

— Israelmore Ayivor

Literature is the effort of man to indemnify himself for the wrongs of his condition.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“This view of moments seems to make it clearer that it is impossible to serve two masters, for it is evident that the service…

— Frances Ridley Havergal

Good literature always ends up showing those who read it... the inevitable limitation of all power to fulfill human aspirations and desires.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“Power is the manifestation of the use men make of it.”

— Stephen Brust

Power, for the writer....lies in his ability to reveal if only a little bit more about the complexity of humanity.

— Ralph Ellison

The power of a man is his present means to obtain some future apparent good.

— Thomas Hobbes