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What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.

C. S. Lewis

Men

Nature

Power

Man

This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.

In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.

George Henry Lewes

Power

Speech

I'm afraid we live at the mercy of a power, maybe a God, without mercy. And yet we find it, as I have, from others.

The University conceives of itself as dedicated to the power of the intellect. Its commitment is to the way of reason.

Power runs with ideas that only the crazy would draw into doubt.

We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.

Max Lerner

Power

Culture

Sony could have $50 million and a sound stage and A-list actors and never make the same film. The constraints on this film became the essence of this film, became the power of this film.

Each man has an equal social right to multiply his power of motion by all the social factors of civilization. Private property in any of these factors is inconsistent with this fundamental right; it must, obviously, prove a source of economic despotism and industrial slavery.

The power of television - it's so present in our lives, we don't even know how powerful it is.

Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and it gives you the power to do what you want. I'm really grateful for it because I can play music and people will listen.