The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals - its philosophers, its poets and its artists.
Herbert Read
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I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done. -
Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will. -
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. -
Ah, the power of two. There's nothing quite like it. Especially when it comes to paying utility bills, parenting, cooking elaborate meals, purchasing a grown-up bed, jumping rope and lifting heavy machinery. The world favours pairs. Who wants to waste the wood building an ark for singletons? -
Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.
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- To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.
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- To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.
- The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough.