Quotes of: Knowledge-is-power Keyword

Many historians regard him [Offa] as the most powerful Anglo-Saxon king before Alfred the Great. In the 780s he extended his power over most of Southern England. One of the most remarkable extantfrom King Offa's reign is a gold coin that is kept in t...

Jim Al-Khalili

Gosh, it's easy!' he marveled, open-mouthed. 'I never knew before how easy it is to kill anyone! Twenty years to grow 'em, and all it takes is one little push!' He was suddenly drunk with some new kind of power, undiscovered until this minute. The po...

Cornell Woolrich

When we pick up the newspaper at breakfast, we expect - we even demand - that it brings us momentous events since the night before...We expect our two-week vacations to be romantic, exotic, cheap, and effortless..We expect anything and everything. We...

Daniel J. Boorstin

Yoda: Why wish you become Jedi? Luke: Well, mostly because of my father, I guess. Yoda: Ahh... father. Powerful Jedi was he. Powerful Jedi. Luke: [suspcious] Oh, come on! How can you know my father? You don't even know who I am. Oh, I don't even know...

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

C-3PO: At last, Master Luke's come to rescue me! Bib Fortuna: Master. [Jabba wakes up with a start] Bib Fortuna: May I present Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight? Jabba the Hutt: I told you not to admit him! Luke: I must be allowed to speak. Bib Fortuna: He...

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

It is an old and wise caution, that when our neighbor's house is on fire, we ought to take care of our own. For tho', blessed be God, I live in a government where liberty is well understood, and freely enjoy'd; yet experience has shown us all that ba...

Andrew Hamilton

What, the Great War? in which your great-grandfather, who happened to be my grandfather, was gassed in the trenches not once, but twice? Which meant he and your great-grandmother were very poor, because he was too ill to work and died young? And mean...

Ali Smith

From: The Crown of Telus She opened her eyes, saw the crown sitting on her bedside table, and wished that it was all a dream. The crown of Trist was nothing special. It had no gemstones, no gold or silver filigree; instead it was simple, a metal circ...

William Laws

A man doesn't know till he tries it how killing uncongenial work is, and how it destroys the power of doing what one's fit for, even if there's time for both.

The Custom of the Country

Law will take over because law always carries with it a sense of security and manipulative power.

Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth

Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.

A Clash of Kings

Rain slips through your fingers as easily as words blow away in the wind, and yet it has the power to destroy your whole world.

Company of Liars

One cannot shape the world without being reshaped in the process. Each gain of power requires its own sacrifice.

Condensed Chaos: An Introduction to Chaos Magic

Yeah, right. Instead of watching TV, we'll practice our weird magical powers. Great. What's next? Zooming around on flying carpets?

Chase Tinker and the House of Magic

Free curiosity has greater power to stimulate learning than rigorous coercion. Nevertheless, the free ranging flux of curiosity is channeled by discipline under Your Law.

Confessions

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.

Clippings from My Notebook

The road of doubt leads to the dead-end of despair. Time to change directions!" HS/el

A Cup of Hope for the Day: Coffee Hour with Chicklit Power

To resist evil is to stand firm against the wrong committed without reacting to the wrong-doer!

A Cup of Grace for the Day: Coffee Hour with Chicklit Power

Guilt addresses an external action while shame attacks the internal character!" EL

A Cup of Grace for the Day: Coffee Hour with Chicklit Power

Guilt can teach us to become better; shame causes us to become bitter." EL

A Cup of Grace for the Day: Coffee Hour with Chicklit Power

My best days are Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday." "Ian," Wesley noted, "that covers the whole week." Ian nods his head. "Pretty much.

Children of the Flower Power