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“The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. This is the very essence of judicial duty.”

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Author:John Marshall

“Any weapon touched by a woman, even by accident, must be cleansed with both water and prayer so that her essence would not linger, diverting the warrior who might use it next, for even the faintest touch could bring lust to that man's heart. Perhaps that meant a woman who was well trained in arms would be the superior warrior, her attention never wavering from her task.”

Men Wells Heart Use Might Would Be Next Water Prayer Attention Arms Weapons Tasks Essence Accidents Lust Superiors Warrior Touched Wavering Might Use

Book:The Dovekeepers: A Novel

Source: The Dovekeepers: A Novel

“The essence of oppression is that one is defined from the outside by those who define themselves as superior by criteria of their own choice.”

Choices Essence Superiors Oppression Defined Criteria

Book:Pornography: men possessing women

Source: Pornography: men possessing women

“In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility arise out of that realization. In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.”

Self Eye Self Esteem Humility Ego Essence Arise Superiors Esteem Realization Inferiors True Self Contradictory True Humility

Book:Oneness With All Life: Inspirational Selections from A New Earth

Source: Oneness With All Life: Inspirational Selections from A New Earth

“The real essence of work is concentrated energy - people who really have that in a superior degree by nature are independent of the forms and habits and artifices by which less able and less active people are kept up to their labors.”

People Real Able Form Energy Nature Habit Degrees Labor Essence Independent Active Superiors Artifice

Book:The Works of Walter Bagehot: With Memoirs by R. H. Hutton

Source: The Works of Walter Bagehot: With Memoirs by R. H. Hutton

“Tradition, in its essence, is something simultaneously meta-historical and dynamic: it is an overall ordering force in the service of principles that have the chrism of a superior legitimacy (we may even call them 'principles from above').”

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Author:Julius Evola

“Learn to get in touch with the innermost essence of your being. This true essence is beyond the ego. It is fearless; it is free; it is immune to criticism; it does not fear any challenge. It is beneath no one, superior to no one, and full of magic, mystery, and enchantment.”

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Book:The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams

Source: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams