Power Quotes

Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.

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"Real power is the ability to influence good."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Power over others is weakness; power over self is strength."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"The will is the main thing in man."
Jacob Böhme
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"In surrender lies true power."
Jacob Böhme
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"The pursuit of power over others reveals an impoverished understanding of power."
Jonathan Edwards
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"True power lies not in commanding others but in commanding ourselves."
Jonathan Edwards
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"Power is not stolen; it is taken by those who dare."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"All evil comes from weak moments; strong men overcome it."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Power without conscience is barbarism."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"True power comes not from dominion but from understanding."
Jacob Böhme
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"Power without wisdom becomes tyranny; wisdom without power remains ineffectual."
Emanuel Swedenborg
"The power to change lies not in ourselves, but in yielding to grace."
Charles Wesley
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"The individual whose body is capable of the greatest number of simultaneous relations is possessed of the greatest strength of acting."
Spinoza
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"Passive emotions are the source of bondage."
Spinoza
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"Anything, insofar as it can be conceived by another thing, determines the active power of that other thing."
Spinoza
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"Power is the ability to serve."
Ibn Arabi
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"The power that fills the universe is the same power within you."
George Fox
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"The greatest power is the power to change oneself."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"The greatest power lies not in force, but in transformation through love."
Jacob Böhme
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"Power without wisdom becomes a curse to those who hold it."
Jacob Böhme
"True power lies in the ability to serve and uplift the least among us."
Charles Wesley
"Real power multiplies when shared; it diminishes when jealously guarded."
Charles Wesley
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"Power over others is slavery; power over oneself is freedom."
Ibn Arabi
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"We are the most determined when we act from adequate understanding of ourselves."
Spinoza
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"The most powerful human being is one who understands the causes of their own determination."
Spinoza
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"True power lies in surrender."
Teresa of Avila
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"The power of choice is what makes us human and responsible."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"True power lies in influence, not in force or coercion."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"The power within us is far greater than the obstacles before us."
Teresa of Avila
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"Power is given to those who first learn to surrender it."
Teresa of Avila