Quotes about Power
As the pure knowledge of God disappears, nature too in its true character is disowned, and either exalted into the sphere of the Godhead or degraded to the sphere of a demoniacal power.
— Herman Bavinck
Culture in the broadest sense includes all the labor which human power expends on nature.
— Herman Bavinck
The superhuman task of transforming present society into a state of peace and joy requires more than ordinary human power; if God himself does not work the change, hope can be cherished only when human power is divinized.
— Herman Bavinck
Whoever intentionally robs himself of self-consciousness, reason, and will, extinguishes the light which God has given to man, annihilates his human freedom and independence, and degrades himself to an instrument for an alien and unknown power.
— Herman Bavinck
Metaphysics, the belief in the absolute as a holy power, always forms the foundation of ethics.
— Herman Bavinck
It is easier to command a lapdog or a mule for a whole day than one's own fate for half-an-hour.
— Hilaire Belloc
Even where the Faith is preserved men pursue wealth and power inordinately. Where the Faith is lost they pursue nothing else.
— Hilaire Belloc
The accursed power which stands on privilege( and goes with women, champagne and bridge) Broke - and democracy resumed her reign ( which goes with bridge and women and champagne.
— Hilaire Belloc
I guess if people couldn't profit from war I don't think there would be war.
— Lily Tomlin
Words are invisible, but if misused, can prove deadly.
— Lisa Bevere
Our hero status is not dependant on our human might or power or even our human spirit; it comes from the power of His spirit.
— Lisa Bevere
God's word is a God sword.
— Lisa Bevere