"Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions."

Power, Wisdom, Heart

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"Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions."

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"A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away."

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"Think you're a slave and you'll find a master, think you're a master and slaves will find you."

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"Only when the lion is out of sight can you raise your fist at him."

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"Your mind is a weapon. Your heart is an asset. Your soul is a treasure. Your life is a jewel."

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"The kind of gospel that our churches are preaching sometimes are not powerful enough to change the very street where these churches are located talk less of the nation where they are."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"The Librarians control the information... They control what gets read, what gets seen, and what gets learned. Because of that they have power."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

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"Money, Gun and Lie can solve almost all the problems."

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"Most powerful is he who never cared for power."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"We must dilute and disperse all forms of concentrated power that refuse to be accountable to majority wishes."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted."

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"When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of pains."

Heart

"Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness."

Happiness

"People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy."

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"Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves."

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"The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it."

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"What is the life of man! Is it not to shift from side to side? From sorrow to sorrow? To button up one cause of vexation! And unbutton another!"

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"Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas."

Change

"It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out."

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"Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners."

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"Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current."

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