Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.
The power of the computer is starting to spread.
There is an urgent need to stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, dramatically reduce wasted energy, and significantly shift our power supplies from oil, coal, and natural gas to wind, solar, geothermal, and other renewable energy sources.
Solar power, wind power, the way forward is to collaborate with nature - it's the only way we are going to get to the other end of the 21st century.
I cured with the power that came through me.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.
Revolution is about the need to re-evolve political, economic and social justice and power back into the hands of the people, preferably through legislation and policies that make human sense. That's what revolution is about. Revolution is not about shootouts.
Having power and being in a position of power can really blur your judgement, and it's not always that clear.
Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.
There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
The way to have power is to take it.
Every day alive in the 'Power' world is a beautiful day.
We have all been told that power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. I have long thought this is nonsense.
If the Devil can only make you think that you are abused or ill treated, and you begin to fret about it, and you give the Devil power over you - in the end, it is as bad as though you had done wrong yourself.
The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.
No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges.
I have a lot of power. Here, I can decide: training at six in the morning! Training 11 in the night! But my style is not to impose. I would like to convince the players of what they are doing. This takes more time.
Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
Investors are impatient and they are also desperate for the 'next big thing,' and they are not paying attention to the fact that the 'next big thing' can be an economic crisis that they have created by being very irresponsible with their power.
Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.
Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.
All dogs can become aggressive, but the difference between an aggressive Chihuahua and an aggressive pit bull is that the pit bull can do more damage. That's why it's important to make sure you are a hundred percent ready for the responsibility if you own a 'power' breed, like a pit bull, German shepherd, or Rottweiler.
The only difference between a hero and the villain is that the villain chooses to use that power in a way that is selfish and hurts other people.
All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.
I don't actually subscribe to the view that all power corrupts. But absolute power - when secured on the back of massive parliamentary majorities, which don't reflect the balance of political opinion in the country - can corrupt absolutely.
God gave me the power. God showed me the way. He helps me and gives me support and it's my job to get that message out.
You and I are, by birth, by nature, and by choice, inwardly depraved, which is to say that we are entirely corrupt. That's not to say that we have no good in us; we do. However, anything good in us has been tainted with evil. It touches everything. Without the redeeming power of Christ we cannot halt our own moral slide.
Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.
There is a power in God's gospel beyond all description.
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
Wall Street has too much wealth and political power.
The advantage of the analytical approach is that it is widely applicable, and it can provide a considerable amount of quantitative information even with a relatively poor resolving power.
I associate heavy metal with fantasy because of the tremendous power that the music delivers.
What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?
Everyone asks me about being so worried or thinking about existence as if I'm the only person who can't understand why a tree grows the way it does or why a person is in power when they're not that great. These are questions everyone has.
The power of live music is vast. Live music is a wonderful way to spend some time.
Social media is a very, very powerful tool. It also gives power to tools.
Education is everything - education is your power, education is your way in life for whatever you want to do.
It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.
There are those who would draw a sharp line between power politics and a principled foreign policy based on values. This polarized view - you are either a realist or devoted to norms and values - may be just fine in academic debate, but it is a disaster for American foreign policy. American values are universal.
As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it.
What do I care about law? Ain't I got the power?
It is not according to my mode of doing things, to bring a suit against a man that I have the power in my own hands to punish.
When I went out on tour as Bing Hitler I would hook up with Lenny and we'd get drunk together. He was always very supportive. He was a big star and a lot of what he said to me had power and impact. Apart from that, I just like him.
This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.