Will To Power Quotes
Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order." - John V. Lindsay "No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.
The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and gentleness.
Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation.
Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should always doubt their conclusions
The friendship which is to be practised or expected by common mortals, must take its rise from mutual pleasure, and must end when the power ceases of delighting each other.
The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside
But, perhaps, the flatterer is not often detected; for an honest mind is not apt to suspect, and no one exerts the power of discernment with much vigour when selflove favors the deceit.
Quite obviously power will continue to play a central role in global politics as it always does. But usually there is something else.
There are lots of conflicts going on in the Middle East. It is unclear as to which country will emerge, if any, as the dominant or hegemonic power in the Middle East.
Maybe Iraq will come back and become the dominant power among Arab countries. That seems to me as conceivable.
As it must not, so genius cannot be lawless; for it is even that constitutes its genius - the power of acting creatively under laws of its own origination.
The spirit of poetry, like all other living powers, must of necessity circumscribe itself by rules, were it only to unite power with beauty.
Imagination that compares and contrasts with what is around as well as what is better and worse is the living power and prime agent of all human perception judgement and emotional reaction.
Power, that's one thing, but love of family and of siblings is more important, is more powerful than any other power - at least earthly power, at least earthly power.
Even if we don't know if God exists, we can be certain love exists, because its power transcends death.
I'm starting to believe in the power of a name. Because it can't be a mistake if I just call it 'change.'
the past only had whatever power you gave it; life was what you made it and if you wanted something different from what you had, it was up to you to make it happen.
She'd always known he didn't love her. But it was easier to bear when he didn't know she loved him. That way they were even. Now he knew he had all the power.
There was a certain power beautiful mothers held over their less beautiful daughters.
I don't like novels that tie everything up in a plot-y way. I always think that's not really true of life, particularly of people in power.
Oh, wondrous power! how little understood, Entrusted to the mother's mind alone, To fashion genius, form the soul for good, Inspire a West, or train a Washington.
Heroic deeds, to use whatever dower Heaven has bestowed, to test our utmost power.
I'm very, very pleased to be cleared of any legal wrongdoing, any hint of any kind of unethical activity there. Very pleased to be cleared of any of that.
I'm an economist by training. And I know that what works is a permanent increase in buying power.
For an author to show that only traditional male power and place matter is to discount and belittle the hard and complex lives of our peers and our ancestresses.
Your duty is to pray for the welfare of the world and to work for it as far as it lies in your power.
I want to connect music to its highest power - which is heightening consciousness and affecting people's reality. That can't be done in normal ways, not according to my experience.
I don't think it's wise to manufacture a painting, just for the sake of working... if the impulse isn't truly there, the painting will lack power.
Why would you go anyplace without your iPad? This is the greatest invention. When it gets a little more power, my God. It's like my office.
This is the power of the Goliath, that no one on earth, Clanker or Darwinist, can escape. So we all must learn to share the globe, or perish together!
I think Facebook's biggest problem is the glut of information that Facebook's power users are overwhelmed with.
It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
We are at best but stewards of what we falsely call our own; yet avarice is so insatiable that it is not in the power of liberality to content it.
It is very important that you express your idealism actively, to what ever extent you can, for this increases your sense of worth and power.
We live in a vague world. And it gets vaguer all the time. In this environment, the power of the specific, measurable and useful promise made and kept is difficult to overstate.
If we live in a world where information drives what we do, the information we get becomes the most important thing. The person who chooses that information has power.
You can't control other people, and giving them the power to decide if you will continue to produce good work is foolish.
Most of the time, creative entrepreneurs lose interest long before their marketing message loses its power.
By learning to contact, listen to, and act on our intuition, we can directly connect to the higher power of the universe and allow it to become our guiding force.
People underestimate the power we have to make real change for animals; it's with our vote. Representatives may not care about animals, but they care about our vote and that is our leverage.
