"It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self."

Power, Desire, Liberty, Man

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"It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self."

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

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Power, Wolf, Lion, Mockery

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

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Power, Fear, Courage, Caution

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

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Power, Mind, Heart, Soul, Life

"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

Power, Gospel, Church, Change

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

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Power, Truth, Regret, Wisdom

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

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Power, Being, Miracles

"We bring the fucking rain Q, not the scattered showers."

John Green, American Author

Power, Determination, Weather, Life

"Thought is my strength and love is my power."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Power, Strength, Thoughts, Love

"Money is not as good as power, but power is as good as money."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Power, Money, Values, Trade

"One who has great love has great power."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Power, Love, Greatness, Strength

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"Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience."

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"The worst men often give the best advice."

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"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion."

Beauty

"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

Man

"Truth is a naked and open daylight, that does not show the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights. . . A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure."

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"Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable."

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"The surest way to prevent seditions...is to take away the matter of them."

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

"We bring the fucking rain Q, not the scattered showers."

"Thought is my strength and love is my power."

"Money is not as good as power, but power is as good as money."

"One who has great love has great power."

Explore more quotes by Francis Bacon

"Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience."

"The worst men often give the best advice."

"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion."

"Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread."

"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present."

"The serpent if it wants to become the dragon must eat itself."

"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

"Truth is a naked and open daylight, that does not show the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights. . . A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure."

"Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable."

"The surest way to prevent seditions...is to take away the matter of them."