Famous quotes containing the words power and/or source:
“What wouldst thou do, old man?
Think’st thou that duty shall have dread to speak
When power to flattery bows?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The source of our actions resides in an unconscious propensity to regard ourselves as the center, the cause, and the conclusion of time. Our reflexes and our pride transform into a planet the parcel of flesh and consciousness we are.”
—E.M. Cioran (b. 1911)