"Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey."

Power, Force, Violence

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"The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason."

Voltaire, French Writer

Power, Religion, Reason

"All human beings wield influence-a powerful sword granted at birth. Wield your sword with care."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Power, Influence, Responsibility, Truth

"Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Power, Failure

"Every time I watch a person awaken to their inner strength, I see what we're made of, and we're magnificent. We're brilliant. We really are. We crave magic because we are magic. We crave power because we are pure power."

Vironika Tugaleva, Ukrainian Author

Power, Magic, Awakening, Inspirational

"For a great willpower, no road has length!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Power, Inspirational, Truth, Wisdom

"A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Power, Man, State

"I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

Power, Obedience

"I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

Power, Fantasy, President, Want

"She felt powerless to withstand or deny him. He was altogether too much for her, and Bathsheba seemed as one who, facing a reviving wind, finds it to blow so strongly that it stops the breath."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

Power, Weakness, Resistance, Control

"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

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"People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm."

Death

"It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire."

Desire

"Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control."

People

"There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint."

Change

"There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies."

Man

"Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man."

Faith

"It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all."

God

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"The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason."

"All human beings wield influence-a powerful sword granted at birth. Wield your sword with care."

"Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure."

"Every time I watch a person awaken to their inner strength, I see what we're made of, and we're magnificent. We're brilliant. We really are. We crave magic because we are magic. We crave power because we are pure power."

"For a great willpower, no road has length!"

"A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself."

"I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible."

"I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power."

"She felt powerless to withstand or deny him. He was altogether too much for her, and Bathsheba seemed as one who, facing a reviving wind, finds it to blow so strongly that it stops the breath."

"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."

Explore more quotes by Denis Diderot

"People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm."

"It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire."

"Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control."

"There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint."

"There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies."

"Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man."

"If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him."

"All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs."

"The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers."

"It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all."