I dare to believe that inner joy has some secret power to win the favour of fortune.
Consciousness of our powers augments them.
Tolerance is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.
Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.
There are two ways of contesting, the one by the law, the other by force; the first method is proper to men, the second to beasts.
...and nobody knows the extent of his strength until he has tried.
On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.
Nature is always too strong for principle.
Youth must be mastered not by force but by reason.
No one knows what he can do till he tries.
Justice without power is inefficient; power without justice is tyranny.
There is no justice in putting strength on a level above wisdom.
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
That which does not kill me makes me stronger.
I nothing had, and yet enough for youth - Joy in Illusion, ardent thirst for Truth. Give unrestrained, the old emotion, The bliss that touched the verge of pain, The strength of Hate, Love's deep devotion, - O, give me back my youth again!
It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.
Intelligence is the eye of the soul, not its strength. Its strength is in the heart, that is, in the passions.
Letters are signs of things, symbols of words, whose power is so great that without a voice they speak to us the words of the absent.
Architecture is the great book of humanity, the principal expression of man in his different stages of development, either as a force or as an intelligence.
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Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
Strength and weakness of mind are mis-named; they are really only the good or happy arrangement of our bodily organs.
We have more strength than will; and it is often merely for an excuse we say things are impossible.
We have all sufficient strength to support the misfortunes of others.
You are the big bang, the original force of the universe, coming on as whoever you are.
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The strong man is strongest when alone.
Water is the driving force of all nature.
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Are you a new strength and a new right? A first motion? A self-rolling wheel? Can you even compel the stars to revolve around you?
Force without wisdom falls of its own weight.
Trust is courage, loyalty is strength.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
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