Famous quotes containing the words continuous, power and/or dissipation:
“I describe family values as responsibility towards others, increase of tolerance, compromise, support, flexibility. And essentially the things I call the silent song of life—the continuous process of mutual accommodation without which life is impossible.”
—Salvador Minuchin (20th century)
“In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by Power. In America ... charters of power [are] granted by liberty.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)