The Force Quotes
The real guarantee of freedom is an equilibrium of social forces in conflict, not the triumph of any one force.
I believe that there is a greater power in the world than the evil power of military force, of nuclear bombs -- there is the power of good, of morality, of humanitarianism.
Painting contains a divine force which not only makes absent men present, as friendship is said to do, but moreover makes the dead seem almost alive.
Just as, when we touch a live wire, the electric force infuses itself into our body, when we deeply meditate on God the power of the whole universe seeks entry into our personality.
The secret of all power is - save your force. If you want high pressure you must choke off waste.
Christ does not control his subjects by force, but is King of a willing people. They are, through His grace, freely devoted to His service.
One day he (Einstein) said that the only mechanical force more powerful than steam, electricity and atomic energy is will. That Albert guy was not stupid. With will you can achieve things.
But if capitalism had built up science as a productive force, the very character of the new mode of production was serving to make capitalism itself unnecessary.
Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.
When you don't work together you can't emerge as a force. It becomes what some call a "lonely struggle" and individual self-destruction.
If we thought that instead of 200 Palestinian fatalities, 2,000 dead would put an end to the fighting at a stroke, we would use much more force.
Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.
There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic. Force or persuasion. Those who know that they cannot win by means of logic, have always resorted to guns.
The thrill of terror is passive, masochistic, and implicitly feminine. It is imaginative submission to overwhelming superior force.
The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals.
A brute force solution that works is better than an elegant solution that doesn't work.
In so far as the soul is a force residing in the body; it has therefore been said that the properties of the soul depend of the condition of the body.
When you write songs, you have to like them yourself first, but then you have to make everyone else like them, because you can force them to play it, but you can't force them to like it.
As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.
You show me a polluter, I'll show you a subsidy. I'll show you a fat cat using political clout to escape the discipline of the free market and force the public to pay his production costs.
... some important factor doesn't lose its "share of force" just because some "expert" can better measure other types of force.
I think some highly secret government UFO investigations are going on that we don't know about--and probably never will unless the Air Force discloses them.
I used to think feminism was a liberating force - now I see many of those people are just censors under a different name.
America is the moral force that defeated communism and all those who would put the human soul itself into bondage.
The most important force inside you for feeling better all the time is the will to get more fit.
Constructions of a-rhythmical forms, the clash between concrete and abstract forms... ...The acute angle is passionate and dynamic, expressing will and a penetrating force.
Do not suppose, first of all, that Mao Tse-tung could be the "saviour" of China. Nonsense. There will never be one "saviour" of China. Yet undeniably you feel a certain force of destiny in him.
In any influence, will, a self, the ego, the I AM is the greater force to be dealt with, but as numbers do influence, a knowledge of same certainly gives an individual a foresight into relationships.
Opponents confront us continually, but actually there is no opponent there. Enter deeply into an attack and neutralize it as you draw that misdirected force into your own sphere.
If God himself was not willing to use coercion to force man to accept certain religious views, man, uninspired and liable to error, ought not to use the means that Jehovah would not employ.
My grandmother, she's been the positive portion of my life the entire time. She raised us Baptist, and when I got old enough to say I didn't want to go to church, she didn't force me. She was cool.
Do you know what astonished me the most in this world? The inability of force to create anything.
Global market forces will sort out those companies that do not have sound corporate governance.
FAITH is the only agency through which the cosmic force of Infinite Intelligence can be harnessed and used by man.
I like to talk about the idea of "design without design," where... we're creating the conditions for the things that we want to see happen rather than trying to force a particular set of outcomes.
Persistence prevails, like a stream that is temporarily blocked by boulders and then collects force enough to overflow onward.
Puzzles lead to logical answers; mysteries often force us to stretch language to its limits in an attempt to describe a reality that is just too great to take in properly.
The joy of late love is like green firewood when set aflame, for the longer the wait in lighting, the greater heat it yields and the longer its force lasts.
Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima. . . . The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.
