Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life.
Nearly all the evils in the Church have arisen from bishops desiring power more than light. They want authority, not outlook.
I think that the United States has always been most effective when it is leading both from power and principle.
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.
The notion of following your passion is worth indulging. Your passion is your source of power. To live really a full life, you need to follow where it leads. . . in defiance of all things conventional perhaps. And of course it has its price. You have to know that going in. But the price you pay, in my opinion, is not worth the time of day to think about. It is so important not to knee pad around the world. You should never bow down to anything but those you love and respect. Ever for anything.
I would say my being disheartened has more to do with American culture than anything else. We are becoming a very shallow culture. My goodness, the celebrity ethos has taken over completely. Turn on the television and you see that over and over. There's very little substance. And so, everything gets shorter. Everything is entertainment oriented. Our churches reflect that. A thirty-five minute sermon without a Power Point or video clips is rare these days. That's not true in other countries so much.
Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars. . . Beethoven embraced the universe with the power of his spirit. . . I do not climb so high. A long time ago I decided that my universe will be the soul and heart of man.
Power which can be abused, will be abused.
I may err in my measures, but never shall deflect from the intention to fortify the public liberty by every possible means, and to put it out of the power of the few to riot on the labors of the many.
Europe has united, China is growing speedily and Russia possesses immense power in terms of fuel resources. The US administration cannot do anything about it.
Water is the grand epic of creation; and there is not a human soul but feels the influence of its majesty, its power, or its beauty.
We are both burdened and blessed by the great responsibility of the will - the power of choice. Our future is determined, in large part, by the choices we make now. We cannot always control our circumstances, but we can and do choose our response to whatever arises. Reclaiming the power of choice, we find the courage to live fully in the world.
Consider the black widow spider. It's a timid little beastie, useful and, for my taste, the prettiest of the arachnids, with its shiny, patent-leather finish and its red hourglass trademark. But the poor thing has the fatal misfortune of possessing enormously too much power for its size. So everybody kills it on sight.
If you work with so many classical instruments. . . I mean, it still has this power, and it's still connected to the idea of techno. But it has its own quality, its own sound. It's in between, even more than the record before. You need to give every instrument, sound, and element the space it needs.
Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.
The smaller the office, the more power individuals with big money have.
Following Him is walking in the light and not in darkness. Man on account of sin is in moral and spiritual darkness. Believing on Christ and following Him delivers from both. In His fellowship the believer is delivered from the power of darkness, from the power of sin and from ignorance as to spiritual things.
Each of us has the power and responsibility to become a rainbow in the clouds.
Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
Do not lose power over the what-ifs of your life. These are unlimited and endless. Keep your power in the now, in present time.