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Source: The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with his life, and notes on his Lives of the poets, by Sir John Hawkins, Knt. In eleven volumes ...

“Wealth from trade was the mainspring of Western material advance; the visible agents of change were great guns. These came of age in Europe in the 15th century. On land their potency in reducing castle walls favoured central over local power, since in general only monarchs could afford siege-trains; so nation-states were consolidated and extended into great territorial empires. At sea, guns transformed sailing ships into mobile castles virtually impregnable to opponents who lacked equally powerful ordnance. With the ocean-going gunned warship, western Europe began to extend around the globe.”

“We will have to choose not between color nor race nor religion nor between East and West either, but simply between being slaves and being free. And we will have to choose completely and for good; the time is already past now when we can choose a little of each, a little of both. We can choose a state of slavedom, and if we are powerful enough to be among the top two or three or ten, we can have a certain amount of license - until someone more powerful rises and has us machine-gunned against a cellar wall.”

Source: Essays, Speeches & Public Letters

“The owners of labor, on the other hand, are being taught, by the most powerful and well-publicized examples, that the highest rewards are not for production, but for the employment of organized power to take over a share of what others produce.”

Source: The New Capitalists: A Proposal to Free Economic Growth from the Slavery of Savings

“Two things, Christian reader, particularly excite the will of man to good. A principle of justice is one, the other the profit we may derive therefrom. All wise men, therefore, agree that justice and profit are the two most powerful inducements to move our wills to any undertaking. Now, though men seek profit more frequently than justice, yet justice is in itself more powerful.”

Men May Two Christian Moving Politics Justice Powerful Principles Economy Wise Reader Agree Profit Two Things Liberalism Most Powerful Undertakings

Book:The Sinner's Guide

Source: The Sinner's Guide

“Music is so powerful to me. I had my IPod and headphones, and my sad playlist. I kind of ventured off for just a little bit to get into the scene.”

Kind Littles Bits Powerful Scene Little Bit Music Is Ipods Headphones Playlists

Author:Beverley Mitchell

“The experience of getting my Kriya, which is the meditation process that I do, was very powerful for me - though, as I explain in the book, I was really suspect of that kind of thing.”

Kind Book Process Powerful Meditation Suspects Very Powerful

Author:Mariel Hemingway

“The other thing is surrounding yourself with people that care for you. These are simple things, but they're powerful, and they've completely transformed who I am and how I perceive myself.”

People Care Simple Powerful Who I Am Perceive Transformed Simple Things Care For You

Author:Mariel Hemingway

“Traffic is one of the most powerful films to come out in recent years. It blew me away.”

Years Film Powerful Most Powerful Traffic

Author:Mary Hart

“In a democracy the responsibility for the Government's economic policies, which so affect the economy, normally rests with the elected representative of the people: in our case, with the President and the Congress. If these two follow economic policies inimical to the general welfare, they are accountable to the people for their actions on election day. With Federal Reserve independence, however, a body of men exist who control one of the most powerful levers moving the economy and who are responsible to no one.”

“It is very important to always hold the thought of an enlightened teacher in your mind in a very positive way. When you direct negative energy towards someone who is powerful, it has a terrible bounce-back effect.”

Way Mind Important Energy Powerful Teacher Effects Buddhism Terrible Negative Direct Buddhist Enlightened Etiquette Bounce Very Positive Negative Energy

Author:Frederick Lenz

“One would suppose that the battle for religious liberty was won in the United States two hundred years ago. However, in the time since, and right now, powerful voices are always raised in favor of bigotry and thought control. It is useful, then, to have a compendium of the thoughts of great men and women of all faiths (and of none) on the subject, to convince us that we men and woman of freedom are not and never have been alone.”

“There is a powerful desire by majorities to assert a religious identity for the country.”

Country Desire Religious Powerful Atheism Identity Majority Positive Atheism Religious Identity

Author:Jack Balkin

“Combine meditation with career as a yoga. You will find that your practice will not be any less powerful than a person who lives in a monastery. You might even excel because practice in a monastery can get very one-sided.”

Persons Might Success Powerful Careers Practice Meditation Buddhism Yoga Monasteries One Sided

Author:Frederick Lenz

“One can become something other than human. One can become limitless, enlightened, aware, awakened, knowledgeable and powerful in ways that human beings who traverse this earth cannot yet fathom.”

Way Humans Earth Human Beings Powerful Enlightened Mysticism Limitless Awakened Knowledgeable Fathom Traverse

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You can measure your power in your ability to stop thought. The longer you can stop thought, the more powerful you are.”

Ability Powerful Mysticism Personal Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“In fact, it is because the nature of prayer is so personal and can have such a powerful effect on a community that the government may not use its authority to try to influence an individual's decision on whether and when to pray.”

Trying May Facts Use Government Individual Community Prayer Decision Powerful Atheism Influence Effects Praying Authority Positive Atheism

Author:Barbara Brandriff Crabb

“Faith is powerful enough to immunize people against all appeals to pity, to forgiveness, to decent human feelings. It even immunizes them against fear, if they honestly believe that a martyr's death will send them straight to heaven.”

People Ifs Believe Humans Enough Feelings Heaven Powerful Atheism Positive Atheism Honestly Pity Appeals Decent Martyr Selfish Gene

Author:Richard Dawkins

“Fatally powerful as religious systems have been, human nature is stronger and wider, and though dogmas may hamper they cannot absolutely repress its growth.”

Humans May Has Beens Growth Religious Powerful Atheism Human Nature Stronger Positive Atheism Dogma Hamper

Book:Complete Works Of George Eliot

Source: Complete Works Of George Eliot

“No sign of purpose can be detected in any part of the vast universe disclosed by our most powerful telescopes.”

Purpose Universe Powerful Atheism Positive Atheism Most Powerful Telescopes

Author:Hugh Elliot

“The fact that all our ape cousins - chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans - can acquire signs - is powerful evidence that our hominid ancestors' first language was gestural and that the vocal version of language was a relatively recent development. My own guess is that vocal language began emerging about 200,000 years ago.”

“In a Democracy, look how many Demagogs that is how many powerful Orators there are with the people.”

People Looks Powerful Democracy Atheism Positive Atheism Orators

Author:Thomas Hobbes

“The Winter Solstice is the time of ending and beginning, a powerful time -- a time to contemplate your immortality. A time to forgive, to be forgiven, and to make a fresh start. A time to awaken.”

Powerful Forgiving Winter Immortality Mysticism Contemplating Forgiven Fresh Start Gaining Power Solstice Winter Solstice

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The way we measure awareness is by how long you can stop thought. If you can't stop thought at all, then you are not powerful. You might be quite evolved, but you have no access to that evolution.”

Ifs Way Long Might Powerful Awareness Evolution Access Mysticism Gaining Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There can be very powerful releases of energy that can catch you off guard until you have a better sense of what you are doing.”

Energy Powerful Release Mysticism Very Powerful Gaining Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You have to have funny faces and words, you can't just have words. It is a powerful thing, and I think that's why it's hard for people to imagine that women can do that, be that powerful.”

People Thinking Hard Humor Funny Faces Can Do Powerful Imagine Having Fun Imagine That Funny Face

Author:Ellen DeGeneres

“You must control your anger and jealousy and possessive nature or, as you become more powerful and your will increases in strength, you will injure others.”

Powerful Buddhism Increase Possessive

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The bully on the block who beats up somebody doesn't become more powerful. All they do is walk around inside their own mind with an inflated ego.”

Mind Walks Powerful Buddhism Ego Beats Block Bully Inflated Ego

Author:Frederick Lenz

“People who want to go to power places all of the time and want to be around powerful people, they don't last long in the study.”

People Want Long Lasts Powerful Study Buddhism

Author:Frederick Lenz

“It's just like we do over here in America, right? It's amazing that we have presidents over here do the same thing, right? It's amazing that Bill Clinton could do one thing and have sex with his secretary and really get away with it and still be powerful.”

Stills America Politics Sex President Powerful One Thing Bills Clinton Get Away Secretary North Korea

Author:Dennis Rodman

“The earth is alive. There are places on the earth that are very powerful. Meaning that on another dimensional level, there is an interfacing dimension where there is a crossover point between dimensions and a tremendous amount of energy is passing back and forth.”

Earth Energy Levels Powerful Alive Buddhism Amount Passing Passings Dimensions Back And Forth Very Powerful Crossover

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There are places that are very draining. There are places where there is another dimensional crossover but to a dimension that is not powerful at all.”

Powerful Buddhism Dimensions Draining Crossover

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Hundreds of thousands of years ago a very powerful civilization lived in what we now call North America. They congregated around power places - interdimensional vortexes where it is very easy to shift from one plane of reality to another.”

Years Reality America Easy Powerful Buddhism Civilization Years Ago Planes Very Powerful North America Vortex

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Two of the most powerful of these power places are located in the Boston and Los Angeles areas. Highly evolved souls tend to be drawn to these areas because it's easier for them to increase their awareness there.”

Two Soul Powerful Awareness Buddhism Easier Areas Increase Most Powerful Los Angeles Boston

Author:Frederick Lenz

“A long time ago a very powerful race of Indians lived here. They were from another cycle; their being was of another composition. They are still here, even now, you can see them on the mountain rims.”

Long Stills Powerful Race Buddhism Mountain Long Time Cycles Composition Long Time Ago Very Powerful Rims

Author:Frederick Lenz

“To buy TV time and bypass the usual filters between the public and political figures, are very powerful devices that people can use to attract attention, attract voters. And get influence in our society.”

People Use Political Powerful Attention Influence Figures Tvs Our Society Devices Voters Usual Very Powerful Filters Bypass

Author:Alexander Stille

“I think we reserve a special place in our hearts for women who dare to try and be powerful, or occupy a special elevated place in society or when they are 'the bosses'. I think we really don't like it as a society and we have a harsh view of them. We look much harder at them, than the millions of men who aspire to the same positions and I can't figure that out.”

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Author:Meryl Streep

“David Halberstam often wrote about the powerful, but his real sympathies lay with ordinary people. He was very uncomfortable with bigfoot Washington journalism - he thought it was lazy and self-serving.”

People Real Self Powerful Ordinary Lays Journalism Uncomfortable Lazy Serving Ordinary People Self Serving Bigfoot

Author:Jonathan Yardley

“There are couples who are very fearful of bringing children into the mix because they feel like somehow that link between them as a couple is going to somehow dissolve or become less powerful or whatever. And that somehow the child is going to disrupt their happy stage. Of course it is true, that's exactly what a child does but it's not something to be feared, it's to be embraced.”

Feels Children Doe Courses Powerful Stage Couple Links Fearful

Author:Rosamund Pike

“I don't know how I would have gotten through this life without someone to really love me and I love them, him, and them [family]. It's forgiving. Love is very forgiving to one another and your friends and it's a powerful, powerful emotion and it's my favorite emotion in life. Now, write that down and read it and remember it.”

Knows Writing Remember Love Is Powerful Emotion Know How Down And Forgiving My Favorite This Life Powerful Emotions Forgiving Love

Author:Eva Marie Saint

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