The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.
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You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both
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There is no knowledge that is not power
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When you strike at a king, you must kill him
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Do the thing and you will be given the power
Do the thing and you will have the power.
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Your goodness must have some edge to it -- else it is none.
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Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.
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Don't trust children with edge tools. Don't trust man, great God, with more power than he has until he has learned to use that little better. What a hell we should make of the world if we could do what we would!
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Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim.
Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim
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Whoso walketh in solitude, And inhabiteth the wood, Choosing light, wave, rock, and bird, Before the money-loving herd, Into that forester shall pass From these companions power and grace.
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Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which animates all whom it floats, and you are without effort impelled to truth, to right and a perfect contentment.
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Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.