#power

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#greatness #his #lies #man #thought

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#brought #just #justice #may #must

Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time, Be crushed by the spirit of light. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

#cruelty #crushed #darkness #even #grave

As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to ignore truth. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

#establish #ignore #infallibility #men #myth

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

#beast #centuries #cudgel #irresistible #man

And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers. ↗

— George Pataki

#frustrating #inherent #our #part #parts

We can't just throw a switch and say Indian Point is going to be safe, we have to look long-term because it will ultimately be decommissioned and we have to work aggressively now to bring in new sources of power. ↗

— George Pataki

#because #bring #going #indian #just

We passed important laws to give the authorities responsible for investigation wide powers to defend us. ↗

— George Pataki

#defend #give #important #investigation #laws

But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power. ↗

— Alan Paton

#completely #love #loves #man #one thing

Mark Helprin and Lawrence Durrell, both of whom write fat and florid novels that appall me now but opened my eyes to the power of fiction when I was in my 20s. ↗

— Kevin Patterson

#eyes #fat #fiction #i #lawrence