Quotes of: Knowledge-is-power Keyword

It is said that love does not last, that it is just a momentary spell cast upon your soul by some higher power, or a small trick of the mind. If this were all true, there would be no story to tell.

NIRVANA

Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used--not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless.

North and South

A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love of truth, and his desire to communicate it without loss.

Nature

In a world where language and naming are power, silence is oppression, is violence.

On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose, 1966-1978

A real, true love that makes a human being believe in the power of destiny happens only once in a lifetime.

The Lover from Fifth Avenue

Only is a powerful word. It is extreme. It picks a fight. It draws a line in the sand.

Limited Church: Unlimited Kingdom: Uniting Church and Family in the Great Commission

I like the way he says we and am amazed, as I often am by language as power, at the way a simple pronoun can upend a relationship.

Last Last Chance

Then he looked at Florentino Ariza, his invincible power, his intrepid love, and he was overwhelmed by the belated suspicion that it is life, more than death, that has no limits.

Love in the Time of Cholera

A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.

The Left Hand of Darkness

What will allow you to enter the world of great relationships is living in accord with the simple but powerful Laws of Love.

The Laws of Love: Creating the Relationship of Your Dreams

The time has come to harness the blessed power within us and to use it to transcend from our current existence into a more empowered reality.

Life, the Truth, and Being Free

Never question the power of one! Throughout history it has been the actions of only one person who has in inspired the movement of change.

Life, the Truth, and Being Free

He sensed Death with a depth and clarity of which only small children or great philosophers are capable, philosophers who are themselves almost childlike in the power and simplicity of their thinking.

Life and Fate

There are people whose souls have just withered, people who are willing to go along with anything evil - anything so as not to be suspected of disagreeing with whoever is in power.

Life and Fate

She was fascinated with words. To her, words were things of beauty, each like a magical powder or potion that could be combined with other words to create powerful spells.

Lightning

The world is indeed a better place when there is love, friendship, acceptance and hope. Powered by these you can indeed overcome anything including destiny.

Life is What You Make It

Poverty and sickness have this miraculous power of completely changing one’s priorities; one’s sentimental and psychological values go out the window.

La mujer justa

In a world where vows are worthless.Where making a pledge means nothing. Where promises are made to be broken, it would be nice to see words come back into power.

Lullaby

Remember who you really are. You cannot be destroyed or hurt. You cannot be harmed or killed. You, the real you, will always be present and powerful.

The Love Mindset

If the painter wishes to see beauties that charm him, it lies in his power to create them, and if he wishes to see monstrosities that are frightful, ridiculous, or truly pitiable, he is lord and God thereof.

Leonardo's Notebooks

This is the power of myth: that we can experience invisible spiritual realities and truths greater than visible, material things in story form.

Looking for God in Harry Potter