Powerless Quotes - Page 13

As the elephant is powerless to think in the terms of the ant, in spite of the best intentions in the world, even so is the Englishman powerless to think in the terms of, or legislate for, the Indian.

Mahatma Gandhi

Thinking, Elephants, World

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.109, Courier Corporation

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Reason is powerless in the expression of Love. Love alone is capable of revealing the truth of Love and being a Lover. The way of our prophets is the way of Truth. If you want to live, die in Love; die in Love if you want to remain alive.

Rumi

Love, Truth, Expression

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Friendship is a priceless gift, that cannot be bought or sold. But it's value is far greater than a mountain made of gold. For gold is cold and lifeless, it can neither see nor hear. And in time of trouble, it is powerless to cheer. So when you ask God for a gift, be thankful if he sends not diamonds, pearls or riches, but the love of real true friends.

Natalie

Friendship, Cheer, True Friend

"Boarding House Blues". "Compass" with Geraldine Doogue, www.abc.net.au. February 08, 2004.

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The facts of life do not penetrate to the sphere in which our beliefs are cherished; they did not engender those beliefs, and they are powerless to destroy them.

Marcel Proust

Facts, Spheres, Belief

Marcel Proust (2000). “In Search of Lost Time, Volume I: Swann's Way (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.219, Modern Library

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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.

Jean de La Fontaine

Fashion, Stupidity, Brain

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Everybody who runs CNN is a lot like Jon Stewart, and a lot of people who run all the other networks are a lot like Stewart, and to imply that somehow they, the people in this country who are Jewish, are an oppressed minority? Yeah.

Rick Sanchez

Running, Country, Mean

"Rick Sanchez fired by CNN after comments about Jews and Jon Stewart" by Richard Adams, www.theguardian.com. October 1, 2010.

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Sure you're powerless, sure you're just one person, sure you can't change anything but you don't have to be miserable about it as well.

Lydia Lunch

Miserable, Wells, Can't Change

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Raise your hand if you’ve spent nights crying yourself to sleep, raise your hand if you’ve felt as if you’d rather hide in bed all day than face the people that make you feel small or powerless! Raise your hand if you’ve felt as if you’d rather lie to people than tell them the truth about who you really are, because at least you wouldn’t be the victim of hateful behavior or prejudice! And raise your hand if lying feels almost as bad.

Dianna Agron

Lying, Sleep, Night

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What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.

Aldous Huxley

Brave New World, Men, Brave New World John

Aldous Huxley (1950). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world”

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I was in Jersey when the whole World Trade Center thing happened and I felt powerless. So, I went to Hawaii and did a surf movie. It's kind of fluffy.

Michelle Rodriguez

Surfing, Hawaii, World

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May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind quickly be freed from their illnesses. May those frightened cease to be afraid, and may those bound be free. May the powerless find power, and may people think of befriending each other. May those who find themselves in trackless, fearful wilderness- the children, the aged, the unprotected- be guarded by beneficent celestials, and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood.

Gautama Buddha

Buddhist, Children, Thinking

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For when I am powerless, it is then that I am strong.

Paul the Apostle

Inspirational, Motivational, Strong

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On 18th September 2014, between the hours of 7am and 10pm, absolute sovereign power will lie in the hands of the Scottish people. They have to decide whether to keep it, or give it away to where their minority status makes them permanently powerless and vulnerable.

Jim Sillars

Lying, Hands, People

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Our words had to be circumspect. We could not write anything too negative about our circumstances. This was tricky, since the very form of a married woman's letter needed to include the usual complaints -- that we were pathetic, powerless, worked to the bone, homesick, and sad. We were supposed to speak directly about our feelings without appearing ungrateful, no-account, or unfilial.

Lisa See

Writing, Ungrateful, Feelings

Lisa See (2011). “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan”, p.197, A&C Black

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However much we obfuscate or ignore it, we know that the factory farm is inhumane in the deepest sense of the word. And we know that there is something that matters in a deep way about the lives we create for the living beings most within our power. Our response to the factory farm is ultimately a test of how we respond to the powerless, to the most distant, to the voiceless--it is a test of how we act when no one is forcing us to act one way or another.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Voiceless, Tests, Matter

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There are six myths about old age: 1. That it's a disease, a disaster. 2. That we are mindless. 3. That we are sexless. 4. That we are useless. 5. That we are powerless. 6. That we are all alike.

Maggie Kuhn

Age, Useless, Disease

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Music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all. Music expresses itself.

Igor Stravinsky

Music Is

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Once freedom lights its beacon in man's heart, the gods are powerless against him.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Heart, Men, Light

Jean-Paul Sartre (1962). “Altona ; Men without shadows ; The flies”

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However diligent she may be, however dedicated, no mother can escape the larger influences of culture, biology, fate . . . until we can actually live in a society where mothers and children genuinely matter, ours is an essentially powerless responsibility. Mothers carry out most of the work orders, but most of the rules governing our lives are shaped by outside influences.

Mary Blakely

Mother, Children, Responsibility

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In a culture that gives men irresponsible power and women powerless responsibility, the advancement of civilization cannot be a serious goal.

Mary Blakely

Responsibility, Men, Civilization

Mary Kay Blakely (1995). “American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie”, p.152, Simon and Schuster

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we must be as satisfied to be powerless, idle and still before God, and dried up and barren when He permits it, as to be full of life, enjoying His presence with ease and devotion. The whole matter of our union with God consists in being content either way.

Jane Frances de Chantal

God, Enjoy Life, Ease

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Powerless rage can work miracles.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Miracle, Rage

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Sophistication knows the score, but is powerless to change it.

Mason Cooley

Change, Score, Sophistication

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Children must be protected not because they are innocent but because they are powerless.

Mason Cooley

Children, Power, Innocence

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For Christians to be linked in association with ministries who do not preach the gospel of Christ is to incur moral guilt. A Union which can continue irrespective of whether its member churches belong to a common faith is not fulfilling any scriptural function. The preservation of a denominational association when it is powerless to discipline heretics cannot be justified on the grounds of the preservation of 'Christian unity'... It is error which breaks the unity of churches, and to remain in a denominational alignment which condones error is to support schism.

Charles Haddon

Christian, Errors, Discipline

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