Power Quote by Simone Weil Download Open image “To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.” — Simone Weil ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Power
The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised. — George Davis Herron Copy Share Image
Power is not a material possession that can be given, it is the ability to act. Power must be taken, it is never given. — William Powell Copy Share Image
Power from unearned privilege can look like strength when it is in fact permission to escape or to dominate. — Peggy McIntosh Copy Share Image
“thinking about power as an attribute or even a verb (‘to power’), not as a possession.” — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
People only have power over you if you give them power, no one can have power over you unless you submit to their will. — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
When you give another person the power to define you, then you also give them the power to control you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you can't let go of the power you possess, if you can't surrender it gracefully when it is time to do so, you… — Donald Cozzens Copy Share Image
One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor; and this I know, that, where law ends, there tyranny begins. — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
You can have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything,… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Power: The ability to force or coerce someone to do your will, even if they would choose not to, because of your position or… — James Hunter Copy Share Image
Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
One should identify oneself with the universe itself. Everything that is less than the universe is subjected to suffering. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
In a general way, the literature of the twentieth century is essentially psychological; and psychology consists of describing states of the soul by displaying… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
To be innocent is to bear the weight of the entire universe. It is to throw away the counterweight. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Only he who has measured the dominion of force, and knows how not to respect it, is capable of love andjustice. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Your world will change whether or not you choose to change, but you have the power to choose it's direction. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is… — John Burns Copy Share Image
You can draw power from everything in your life. In order to do that, everything has to be set up in a proper way. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The one means that wins the easiest victory over reason is terror and force. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Movies have power. Power to impact society and the choices we make. I want to entertain, but I also want to say something to… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
With every product, the delta between the brand and the reality determines its power over the minds of consumers, and with Trump, that delta… — Rick Wilson Copy Share Image
If you have everything under control, you're not moving fast enough. — Mario Andretti Copy Share Image
