Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery.
To me the female principle is, or at least historically has been, basically anarchic. It values order without constraint, rule by custom not by force. It has been the male who enforces order, who constructs power structures, who makes, enforces, and breaks laws.
Foreknowledge is power.
There's a big thing right now with people using stand-up as a scapegoat. People think comedians have the power to change someone in an hour. If we had that ability, the art would not be legal. It would too dangerous.
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
My trust in a higher power that wants me to survive and have love in my life, is what keeps me moving forward.
I loved him very much - more than I could trust myself to say - more than words had power to express. " - Jane Eyre
As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.
If your power is decreasing then you have to do something about it right away.
How does the poet speak to men with power, but by being still more a man than they
The saving power of the cross does not depend on faith being addded to it; its saving power is such that faith flows from it
Out of purity and silence comes the word of power.
It's your unlimited power to care and to love that can make the biggest difference in the quality of your life.
Donald Trump's promised the moon. Now he has power. He's going to fail to deliver. He's not going to be able to bring a bunch of coal jobs back and a bunch of factory jobs back in this global economy. Period. Because you can't. It's not going to happen.
Not one of the first six [U. S. ] presidents was an orthodox Christian. Most of the founders were Deists, who "doubted that Christ was a god" and equated God with "the power behind nature, as discerned by science. "
To take a single step beyond the text would be to take possession of a boundless field of power.
It is a sad fact of life that power and fear are the fountainheads of faith.
Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power - every attempt to change the world or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe - is a distraction from the pain of powerlessness
When one reaches absolute power, one loses total contact with reality.
My life is gardening, cleaning around the house and power washing.