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“God is love," as Scripture says, and that means the revelation is in the relationship. "God is love" means God is known devotionally, not dogmatically. "God is love" does not clear up old mysteries; it discloses new mystery. "God is love" is not a truth we can master; it is only one to which we can surrender. Faith is being grasped by the power of love.”
William Sloane Coffin (1924–2006) first seen 1979 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sermon "Emmanuel" (9 December 1979), as published in The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin: The Riverside Years, Volume 1 (2008), p. 265
“Because it’s not that women are more peaceful. Women are more thoughtful. So in solving conflict, most times the conversation is primarily around militarism, power and all of those things. And women are the ones who come to the table with conversations about reopening hospitals and schools and providing food and shelter and safety zone for the vast majority of the people.”
Leymah Gbowee (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He’d seen theocracies all over paratime, and liked none of them; priests in political power usually made themselves insufferable, worse than any secular despotism.”
H. Beam Piper (1904–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“See here, if a simple act of kindness or generosity, such as buying a loaf of bread for some poor working women, can mean that wholesale death and destruction will be avoided—why, a man would be a monster who had it in his power to alleviate all that suffering yet stood by and did nothing.”
Stephen R. Lawhead (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is an assumption brought forth countless of times in various contexts that the world would be better, drifting slower towards the ruin, if women had the "power"; if political leadership, decision making, government and economic life was in the hands of women. I think reality, the observation material, supports the assumption.”
Pentti Linkola (1932–2020) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Women As The Protectors Of Life II (1996)
“Thought is something limitless and independent, and has been mixed with no thing but is alone by itself. ... What was mingled with it would have prevented it from having power over anything in the way in which it does. ... For it is the finest of all things and the purest.”
Anaxagoras (500–428 BC) said by 428 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frag. B12, in Jonathan Barnes, Early Greek Philosophy (1984), p. 190.
“For a very long time, and among a large number of peoples, political power has belonged to the owners of the land.”
Vilfredo Pareto (1848–1923) said by 1923 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Imagination is an abuse of power.”
Johannes Grenzfurthner (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“By Thy power, let there be peace, O God!”
Henry Dunant (1828–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sir, there have existed, in every age and every country, two distinct orders of men—the lovers of freedom, and the devoted advocates of power.”
Robert Hayne (1791–1839) first seen 1830 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hayne's Speech on Mr. Foot's Resolution, January 21, 1830, page 16.
“The most absurd of all their delusions commonly called the , or to speak more accurately, the inexhaustible source of power—is, in various forms, the subject of several patents in each year.”
William John Macquorn Rankine (1820–1872) said by 1872 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When we try to express the experience of the Infinite Consciousness, our human tongue loses all its power of expression. What shall we do then? We shall have to remain silent. Lo! In no time we shall realise that Silence is infinitely more eloquent and more fruitful than words.”
Sri Chinmoy (1931–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now what should be the relation between science and spirituality? It should be a relation of mutual acceptance and true understanding. It is an act of folly on our part to expect the same truth, the same knowledge and the same power from both science and spirituality. We must not do that. Neither must we set up the same goal for science and spirituality.”
Sri Chinmoy (1931–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A single thought has the power of a bullet: either it can destroy you or it can help you immensely.”
Sri Chinmoy (1931–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As our power over others increases, we become less free; for to retain it, we must make ourselves its servants.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If a state should pass laws forbidding its citizens to become wise and holy, it would be made a byword for all time. But this, in effect, is what our commercial, social, and political systems do. They compel the sacrifice of mental and moral power to money and dissipation.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The weak, when they have authority, surround themselves with the weak. It is, indeed, a vice of rulers that men who have exceptional ability and worth are offensive to them, since they whose greatness is due to their position find it difficult to love those whom inner power makes great.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They who can no longer unlearn have lost the power to learn.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The power of free will is developed and confirmed by increasing the number of worthy motives which influence conduct.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“States of soul rightly expressed, as the poet expresses them in moments of pure inspiration, retain forever the power of creating like states. It is this that makes genuine literature a vital force.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Be watchful lest thou lose the power of desiring and loving what appeals to the soul—this is the miser’s curse—this the chain and ball the sensualist drags.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What we enjoy, not what we possess, is ours, and in labouring for the possession of many things, we lose the power to enjoy the best.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“More inspiring and interesting teaching alone can make progress in education possible: for such teaching alone has power to produce greater self-activity, greater concentration of mind, greater desire to learn not only how to get a living, but how to live.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The study of science, dissociated from that of philosophy and literature, narrows the mind and weakens the power to love and follow the noblest ideals: for the truths which science ignores and must ignore are precisely those which have the deepest bearing on life and conduct.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The militarization of our law enforcement is due to an unprecedented expansion of government power in this realm. … Americans must never sacrifice their liberty for an illusive and dangerous, or false, security.”
“Mr. President, there comes to a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. That time is now. And I will not let the PATRIOT Act, the most un-patriotic of acts, go unchallenged.”
“The 'self-transcending immanence,' the sense of giving birth to ourselves, the sense of power of being within, which is being affirmed by many women, does not seem to be denoted, imaged adequately pointed to, or perhaps even associated with the term 'God'. p. 208”
Mary Daly (1928–2010) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Qualitative Leap Beyond Patriarchal Religion." Quest 1 (Spr 1975)
“Most of the views that Spender attributes to me … are still my views. Some are not. For example, .... I am probably more of a feminist-anarchist than ever before; more mistrustful of the organisation of power into large bureaucratic states than I once was.”
Phyllis Chesler (born 1940) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: as quoted in Dale Spender For the Record: The Making and Meaning of Feminist Knowledge (London: The Women's Press, 1985, , p. 214.
“Spider-Man is a genuine American myth with a dark, primal power … but it’s also got this great superhero, and — hey! — he can fly through the theater at 40 miles an hour. It’s got villains, it’s got skyscrapers, it’s colorful, it’s Manhattan. I knew it would be a challenge, but I saw the inherent theatricality in it, and I couldn’t resist.”
Julie Taymor (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am not suggesting that deregulation and competition in the telephone and power industries are bad things. ...But the problem is that state regulators aren't there anymore to make sure customers don't get ripped off. ...[E]ven if you keep what you've always had, you may end up paying substantially more ...”
Barry Schwartz (psychologist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Contrast Pilate with the prisoner before him, Jesus. Pilate was deeply concerned with position and power. Jesus cared for none of these things. Which was the richer in all that makes a great personality and true success in life? Contrast Nero, the Roman Emperor, and the prisoner named Paul who was beheaded in Nero's reign. Who was the real pauper, Nero or Paul?”
Halford E. Luccock (1885–1960) first seen 1956 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dire Poverty", in Unfinished Business: Short Diversions On Religious Themes (1956)
“Now I was just a transient in the valley, a one-eyed passerby too fat for his years, and life there had the power to summon up neither the memory nor the illusion of any other, truer self. As a passerby I had a right to insist on my identity.”
Kenzaburō Ōe (1935–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm optimistic. I see no longer people accepting fuzzy thinking in the world. The change is not that people aren't still saying under-informed things. The change is that if you're in power and you say something under-informed, there are people out there with a voice who will take you to task for having done so.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am trying to convince people--not only the public, but lawmakers and people in power--that investing in the frontier of science, however remote it may seem in its relevance to what you're doing today, is a way of stockpiling the seed corns of future harvests of this nation... Advancing a frontier--history has shown--has advanced a culture ever since the industrial revolution got underway.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson (born 1958) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: At an interview with Stephen Colbert at Montclair Kimberley Academy on January 29th, 2010.
“But the challenge must be faced squarely. I believe we can overcome it through our own efforts. We must do so. They key is our national power. Take courage from our national pride and traditions, no matter how thorny the road to independence may be.”
Park Chung-hee (1917–1979) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Toward Peaceful Unification: Selected Speeches & Interviews (1978), Kwangmyong Publishing Company, pp. 47-48.
“Jesus Christ is not hurried; He calmly rules the storm, and holds the helm of this world in His hand, and it will not drift away from the course designated by the infinite authority and power of God.”
David Seth Doggett (1810–1880) said by 1880 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 77.
“God should be the object of all our desires, the end of all our actions, the principle of all our affections, and the governing power of our whole souls.”
Jean Baptiste Massillon (1663–1742) said by 1742 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The mysterious power of harmony Will expiate a heavy delusion And tame a revolting desire.”
Evgeny Baratynsky (1800–1844) said by 1844 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Women are so often segregated to their sexuality, and how they appear. In fact, there’s a lot of talk, even now, I think in most jobs this is true…people will say, when a woman rises to power, they ask, ‘who did she sleep with?’ You know, it couldn’t possibly be about her acumen, it couldn’t possibly be about her intelligence. It’s got to be about her body, because that’s how women get ahead.”
Jennifer Beals (born 1963) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview at Chatelaine.com (February 2011)
“All of us have an artist inside us. It's part of our DNA as human beings. We have all witnessed the power of the arts to deeply connect people, to open our minds to new ideas and express our innermost sacred selves. The imagination isn't just simply reserved for children. The imagination can be, for all of us, a very real gateway to joy, understanding, liberation and peace.”
Jennifer Beals (born 1963) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at The Dalai Lama Public Talk, University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois (17 July 2011).
“The more affluent areas, by and large, are afforded these big, beautiful, spectacular buildings, and then the poorer neighborhoods are just disintegrating. And there’s this imbalance, obviously, of power and resources.”
Jennifer Beals (born 1963) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Jian Gomeshi, CBC Radio Q (16 February 2011).
“The amazing peacefulness, the astonishing lack of anger, the sweetness and balm of being at last on the right side of power. (p100)”
Joanna Russ (1937–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All the power's in the hands of people rich enough to buy it.”
Joe Strummer (1952–2002) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Joe Strummer / Mick Jones, "White Riot", The Clash (1977).
“Employers crave the power to fire workers whose performance is judged inferior-not just to get rid of those particular workers, but more importantly to motivate and discipline the rest of the workforce.”
Jim Stanford (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The problem is not scarcity; the problem is power.”
Jim Stanford (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While there are still imperialist aggressors, the state that has no defense power of its own to protect its sovereignty against the internal and external enemies is, in fact, not a fully independent and sovereign state.”
Kim Il-sung (1912–1994) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mainichi Shimbun (17 September 1972)
“Consider power as NOT getting people to obey you, but getting people to work in harmony with you with the goal being mutual benefit.”
Lupe Fiasco (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Greed redefined and corrupted what true power is. Domination is for the weak, Harmony is the true sign of strength.”
Lupe Fiasco (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The development of the Watt governor for steam engines, which adapted the power output of the engine automatically to the load by means of feedback, consolidated the first Industrial Revolution.”
Anthony Stafford Beer (1926–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a result of transformation of power, functions of enforcement will slowly turn into new, networked systems of governance in the following directions: upward to the global level; downward to the communal level; and frontward to the professional level.”
Tigran Sargsyan (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source