Quotes of: Ralph-waldo-emerson Keyword

It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the same effect in the same circumstances.

Thomas Reid

The relative property of the Son is to be begotten, that is, so to proceed from the Father as to be a participant of the same essence and perfectly carry on the Father's nature.

William Ames

I am a strong believer that without justice, there is no peace. No lasting peace, anyway.

Angelina Jolie

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.

Albert Schweitzer

Radiohead and Our Lady Peace are doing the seven layers of guitar, and I kind of jumped on that before anyone else did.

Billy Corgan

If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don't know what they are. In their eyes is peace.

Ben Stein

I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.

Francois Rabelais

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

George Eliot

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

I think the perception of peace is what distracts most people from really having it.

Joyce Meyer

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Melody Beattie

You can have the power to destroy, but it doesn't give you the power to reform, or improve, or build.

George R. R. Martin

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.

Horace

Power may be at the end of a gun, but sometimes it's also at the end of the shadow or the image of a gun.

Jean Genet

The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people talking about? Are they talking about muscles, or control?

James Hillman

It is important to value intellect and discipline, of course, but it is also important to recognize the power of irrationality, enthusiasm and vast energy.

Kay Redfield Jamison

The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.

Mary Astell

Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society.

Michel Foucault

Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.

Noam Chomsky

My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'

Tamora Pierce