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• How have you left the ancient love That bards of old enjoyed in you! The languid strings do scarcely move! The sound is forced, the notes are few!

  William Blake

  Love, Moving, Sound

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.12, Routledge

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• God is with us to be utilised. His Power, His Love, His Thought, His Presence, must be at our disposal, like other great forces, such as sunshine and wind and rain. We can use them or not, as we please. That we could use them to their full potentiality is, of course, not to be thought of; but we can use them in proportion to our ability.

  Basil King

  Love, Rain, Sunshine

  "The Conquest of Fear".

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• Although it is tempting to think of these natural landscapes as reflecting a stability in climactic and geologic forces, long periods of climactic and geophysical stability actually result in a rundown of the energy available to ecosystems and people. Geologically young regions with recent mountain building and volcanism tend to be much more biologically productive and have supported large populations of people despite their vulnerability to natural disasters. Geologically old regions (like most of Australia) tend to have low biological productivity and supported fewer people.

  David Holmgren

  Thinking, Ecosystems, Australia

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• At the utmost, the active-minded young man should ask of his teacher only mastery of his tools. The young man himself, the subject of education, is a certain form of energy; the object to be gained is economy of his force; the training is partly the clearing away of obstacles, partly the direct application of effort. Once acquired, the tools and models may be thrown away.

  Henry Adams

  Education, Teacher, Men

  Henry Adams (2008). “The Education of Henry Adams”, p.12, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: - in the force of imagination that pierces or exalts the solid fact, instead of floating among cloud-pictures.

  George Eliot

  Lying, Clouds, Imagination

  George Eliot (2016). “Daniel Deronda: Top Novelist Focus”, p.330, 谷月社

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• 'Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty call, But the joint force and full result of all.

  Alexander Pope

  Beauty, Eye, Joints

  Alexander Pope, William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester) (1751). “The Works of Alexander Pope Esq”, p.101

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• The entire force of the Conciliar revolt comes from the fact that it has apparently been imposed by the authority of the Church. How many bishops, priests, religious, and laymen, would have swallowed the lies of the heretics if they had not believed themselves bound to do so by the voice of Christ's Vicar on earth? Questioning the authority of these men renders their revolution of doubtful authenticity.

  John Lane

  Religious, Powerful, Lying

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• ...the great movement of apostasy being organized in every country for the establishment of a One-World Church which shall have neither dogmas, nor hierarchy, neither discipline for the mind, nor curb for the passions, and which, under the pretext of freedom and human dignity, would bring back to the world (if such a Church could overcome) the reign of legalized cunning and force, and the oppression of the weak, and of all those who toil and suffer. [...] Indeed, the true friends of the people are neither revolutionaries, nor innovators: they are traditionalists.

  Pope Pius X

  Country, Powerful, True Friend

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• Americans often did not realize that their Marine Corps was a force without counterpart in the world. European navies used Marines for limited duties on shipboard or in naval bases, but neither the numbers nor the training were provided for large-scale offensive operations.

  Lynn Montross

  Marine, Numbers, Training

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• The challenge here is to design a system where market incentives, including profits and recognition, drive those principles to do more for the poor. I like to call this idea creative capitalism, an approach where governments, businesses, and nonprofits work together to stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or gain recognition, doing work that eases the world's inequities.

  Bill Gates

  Business, Government, Ideas

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• Women spend 80 cents of every dollar in the marketplace. We could be the most powerful force for economic and environmental change in the 21st century if we focused our money where it could make the biggest difference. If a million people did that, it would have a $1 billion impact.

  Diane MacEachern

  Powerful, Business, Impact

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• Business is the most powerful force in society. It has the highest potential for solving social problems. Once consumers saw examples of prosperous companies integrating social concerns into their business practices, they were emboldened to demand the same of other businesses. Businesses could no longer say it was impossible.

  Ben Cohen

  Powerful, Business, Practice

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• The key is to be true to your community's norms and values. You can't just force yourself on people and try to sell them something they don't want - that's good advice for marketers generally, but particularly on community-driven sites like MySpace. You have to find ways to add value to your members' lives while being consistent with your brand's identity.

  Chris DeWolfe

  Business, Keys, People

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• Facts, when combined with ideas, constitute the greatest force in the world. They are greater than armaments, greater than finance, greater than science, business and law because they constitute the common denominator of all of them.

  Carl W. Ackerman

  Business, Science, Law

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• I know no study that will take you nearer the way to happiness than the study of nature - and I include in the study of nature not only things and their forces, but also mankind and their ways, and the moulding of the affections and the will into an earnest desire not only to be happy, but to create happiness.

  Helen Keller

  Nature, Desire, Way

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• The more we study nature the grander does she appear. Science, by penetrating her secrets, often shows us the hidden and imposing forces exist where we only see inertia.

  Felix Archimede Pouchet

  Nature, Secret, Doe

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• In the earliest cultures any tie between the dancers is slight. In a higher level the choral dancers almost always touch one another and thus force themselves into the same stride and the same movement. The closer the contact, the stronger is the social character of the choral.

  Curt Sachs

  Dance, Character, Ties

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• True obedience is a matter of love, which makes it voluntary, not compelled by fear or force.

  Dorothy Day

  Children, Matter, Obedience

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• It isn't effective or productive to force your employees to do anything. Choice empowers people and makes for a more content workforce.

  Richard Branson

  Leadership, People, Choices

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• Reverie is commonly classified among the phenomena of psychic detente. It is lived out in a relaxed time which has no linking force. Since it functions with inattention, it is often without memory. It is a flight from out of the real that does not always find a consistent unreal world.

  Gaston Bachelard

  Time, Memories, Real

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• It is true that at the time [1962] we had a strategic nuclear force of approximately five thousand warheads compared to the Soviet's three hundred.

  Robert McNamara

  Time, Three, Nuclear

  Robert S. McNamara (1988). “The first century of the nuclear age: can we survive it”

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• The most powerful force in the human psyche is people's need for their words and actions to stay consistent with their IDENTITY - how we define ourselves.

  Tony Robbins

  Powerful, People, Inner Strength

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• All trials force the question, Who are you really? And you must trust yourself to answer

  Oprah Winfrey

  Love, Life, Purpose

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• Some people live their lives as if each day will be their last. Some approach love the same way, in a desperate attempt to outrun the tiny changes
  or huge ones that are always looming on each of our horizons. But the sense of urgency that comes from wanting to experience life and love to the
  fullest can force decisions that are not always in your best interests or anyone else's, for that matter. In fact, sometimes facing the consequences of
  your choices can be even worse than death. You may live only once, but you don't necessarily want it to feel like forever.

  Tonya Hurley

  Life And Love, People, Choices

  Tonya Hurley (2012). “Ghostgirl: Lovesick”, p.11, Hachette UK

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• ALL THINGS, material and spiritual, originate from one source and are related as if they were one family. The past, present, and future are all contained in the life force. The universe emerged and developed from one source, and we evolved through the optimal process of unification and harmonization.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Spiritual, Past, Source

  Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.5, Shambhala Publications

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