"If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to blind, imprison, and destroy."

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"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."

John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher

Power, Mankind, Opinion

"All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

Power, Gods

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

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Power, Wolf, Lion, Mockery

"I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself ."

Anne Bronte, British Novelist

Power, Poor, Self, Will

"When thou goest to woman take thy whip."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Power, Control, Sexuality, Life

"Of course, Marxism is an example of what Carl Popper would have called a 'World Three' structure, in that it's got immense power as an idea, but you couldn't actually hold up anything in the world and say: 'this is Marxism'."

Alan Moore, British Writer

Power, Idea, Example, Marxism

"One who has great wisdom has great power."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Power, Wisdom, Influence, Greatness

"There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Power, Fear, Help, May

"They couldn't hurt Gansey. Nothing could hurt him; people who said money couldn't buy everything hadn't seen anyone as rich as the Aglionby boys. They were untouchable, immune to life's troubles. Only death couldn't be swiped away by a credit card."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

Power, Wealth, Privilege, Death

"Mr. Truman studiously avoided giving power to his White House staff that has been characteristic of recent administrations. Staff people in the White House, with no responsibility but incredible authority is one of the reasons we're now in so much trouble."

Stuart Symington, American Businessman

Power, People, Authority, Giving

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"Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear."

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"There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale."

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"Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat."

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"I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me."

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"Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values."

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"The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life."

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"The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike."

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"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."

"All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours."

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

"I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself ."

"When thou goest to woman take thy whip."

"Of course, Marxism is an example of what Carl Popper would have called a 'World Three' structure, in that it's got immense power as an idea, but you couldn't actually hold up anything in the world and say: 'this is Marxism'."

"One who has great wisdom has great power."

"There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals."

"They couldn't hurt Gansey. Nothing could hurt him; people who said money couldn't buy everything hadn't seen anyone as rich as the Aglionby boys. They were untouchable, immune to life's troubles. Only death couldn't be swiped away by a credit card."

"Mr. Truman studiously avoided giving power to his White House staff that has been characteristic of recent administrations. Staff people in the White House, with no responsibility but incredible authority is one of the reasons we're now in so much trouble."

Explore more quotes by Ralph Ellison

"Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear."

"There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale."

"Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat."

"I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me."

"Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values."

"Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked."

"The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead."

"Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action."

"The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life."

"The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike."