Pastoral Resources

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

I think Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people.

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

The American people do not begrudge anyone his or her power until they start abusing it.

Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.

Che came in 1963, shortly after I had come to power.

With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice.

At fifteen one is first beginning to realize that everything isn't money and power in this world, and is casting about for joys that do not turn to dross in one's hands.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions.

Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.

The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.

No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.

The bourgeois takes economic power very seriously, and often worships it.

In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state.

It struck me that what I'd heard about certain celebrities was true: they had It, whatever the hell It was. Star power isn't a myth; it is tangible and forceful.

The motive power of democracy is love.

Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.

We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.