Best influence & secret Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“When a plain-looking woman is loved, it is certain to be very passionately ; for either her influence on her lover is irresistible, or she has some secret and more irresistible charms than those of beauty.”

Certain Secret Influence Lovers Charm Irresistible

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“There is a limited elite that understands the secrets of their own techniques, but not necessarily of all techniques. These men are close to the seat of modern governmental power. The state is no longer founded on the 'average citizen', but on the ability and knowledge of this elite. The average man is altogether unable to penetrate technical secrets or governmental organization and consequently can exert no influence at all on the state.”

Men States Ability Secret Influence Modern Citizens Organization Average Technique Seats Elites Penetrate Average Man Mental Power

Author:Jacques Ellul

“The public's continuing ambivalence about cultural matters is all the more striking given that the political conversation on these issues has for 30 years been dominated by an aggressive, radical right-wing insurgency that has achieved an influence far out of proportion to its numbers. Its potent secret weapon has been the guilt and anxiety about desire that inform the character of Americans regardless of ideology; appealing to those largely unconscious emotions, the right has disarmed, intimidated, paralyzed its opposition.”

“Even as the needle that directs the hour, (Touched with the loadstone) by the secret power Of hidden Nature, points upon the pole; Even so the wavering powers of my soul, Touch'd by the virtue of Thy spirit, flee From what is earth, and point alone to Thee.”

Soul Earth Spirit Hours Secret Virtue Influence My Soul Thee Touched Needles Wavering

Author:Francis Quarles

“It is in vain a daring author thinks of attaining to the heights of Parnassus if he does not feel the secret influence of heaven and if his natal star has not formed him to be a poet.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Doe Heaven Stars Secret Influence Poet Vain Height Daring Authorship Natal

Author:Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

“I will tell you the secret: God has had all that there was of me. There have been men with greater brains than I, even with greater opportunities, but from the day I got the poor of London on my heart and caught a vision of what Jesus Christ could do with me and them, on that day I made up my mind that God should have all of William Booth there was. And if there is anything of power in the Salvation Army, it is because God has had all the adoration of my heart, all the power of my will, and all the influence of my life.”

“An entirely new factor has appeared in the social development of the country, and this factor is the Irish-American, and his influence. To mature its powers, to concentrate its action, to learn the secret of its own strength and of England's weakness, the Celtic intellect has had to cross the Atlantic. At home it had but learned the pathetic weakness of nationality; in a strange land it realised what indomitable forces nationality possesses. What captivity was to the Jews, exile has been to the Irish: America and American influence have educated them.”

“We learn the influence of our will from experience alone. And experience only teaches us, how one event constantly follows another; without instructing us in the secret connexion, which binds them together, and renders them inseparable.”

Together Secret Teach Influence Events Experience Inseparable Connexion

Book:An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: Revision of Great Book

Source: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: Revision of Great Book

“It is no secret that the moon has no light of her own, but is, as it were, a mirror, receiving brightness from the influence of the sun.”

Light Secret Sun Influence Moon Mirrors Receiving Brightness

Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

“Secret Societies have existed among all peoples, savage and civilized, since the beginning of recorded history... It is beyond question that the secret societies of all ages have exercised a considerable degree of political influence.”

Age Political Politics Secret History Influence Degrees Civilized Savages Secret Society Political Influence

Author:Manly Hall

“When you enter your secret chamber, take plenty of time before you begin to speak. Let quietude wield its influence upon you. Let the fact that you are alone assert itself. Give your soul time to get released from the many outward things. Give God time to play the prelude to prayer for the benefit of your distracted soul.”

Giving Soul Play Facts Speak Prayer Secret Influence Benefits Plenty Your Soul Chamber Distracted Prelude

Book:Prayer

Source: Prayer

“The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events.”

Writing Process Secret Behinds Attention Influence Events Accounts Historical Diversion Great Events

Book:Chapterhouse: Dune

Source: Chapterhouse: Dune

“A secret combination that seeks to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations, and countries is increasing in its evil influence and control over America and the entire world.”

World Country America Evil Nations Secret Influence Land Combination

Author:Ezra Taft Benson

“true influence over another comes not from a moments eloquence nor from any happily chosen word, but from the accumulation of a lifetime's thoughts stored up in the eyes...the secret smile in the eyes of a friend”

Moments Eye Secret Influence Lifetime Chosen Accumulation Eloquence Secret Smile

Author:Thornton Wilder

“The chief benefit, which results from philosophy, arises in an indirect manner, and proceeds more from its secret, insensible influence, than from its immediate application.”

Philosophy Results Secret Influence Benefits Arise Chiefs Application Indirect Insensible

Book:Essays and treatises on several subjects: essays, moral, political and literary

Source: Essays and treatises on several subjects: essays, moral, political and literary

“Few knew in 2000 that Bush was going to end up with neoconservatives all over the place. And once 9/11 happened, I think it's fair to say that eight or nine neocons have had an enormous influence. The whole solution to every problem was to go after Iraq. This had been a neoconservative mantra for ten years. There was no secret about it.”

Thinking Years Ends Whole Problem Secret Happened Influence Ten Solutions Fairs Iraq Eight Nine Enormous Mantras

Author:Seymour Hersh

“Well I've made no secret of my life long love of MAD Magazine, it's probably my first and greatest influence in terms of my comic sensibilities. I've known John [Ficarra] for many years, and we've been friends. About four or five months ago, at a dinner in New York, John made the very nice offer of my being guest editor for an issue of MAD and I thought about it for about half a nanosecond and decided that was a pretty good idea.”

“Cultures, when they meet, influence one another, whether people like it or not. But Americans don't have any way of describing this secret that has been going on for more than two hundred years. The intermarriage of the Indian and the African in America, for example, has been constant and thorough. Colin Powell tells us in his autobiography that he is Scotch, Irish, African, Indian, and British, but all we hear is that he is African.”

People Way Years Has Beens Two America Culture Secret Influence Example Hundred Constant British Indian Autobiography Describing Thorough Scotch Intermarriage

Author:Richard Rodriguez

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