"There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us."

"Dollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power"

"We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world - or to make it the last."

"When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses."

"We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world--or to make it the last."

"Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world and it is bad scholarship to pretend the contrary. You may argue against it but you should no more treat it with disrespect than a perfectly cultivated writ"

"Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me."

"One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent."

"Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself."

"Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action."

"Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking."

"Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality."

"For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment."

"Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind,deliberately voice a positive one to cancel it out."

Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it. You can accept that you are afraid and then move on. 

I used to dream about Gorbachev before he lost power. I'd go into a panic because I was meeting him, and I had nothing to wear. I'd ask my brother what to do, and he'd tell me to wear my dressing gown. I'd tell him I can't - it's too horrible. He'd tell me to wear his as well. So I'd meet Gorbachev wearing two dressing gowns.

We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.

One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.

People who lack economic and social power often expand their physical impact on the world." "-In Pursuit of Silence

Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological factors in war.

Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun and fully release electromagnetic and atomic power.

In this world, who can do a thing, will not; And who would do it, cannot, I perceive: Yet the will's somewhat — somewhat, too, the power — And thus we half-men struggle.

He left it in thy power, ordaind thy will By nature free, not over-rul'd by Fate Inextricable, or strict necessity;

People feel with their hearts, Ellen: and since he has destroyed mine, I have not power to feel for him.