Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes, Power Quotes, Resistance Quotes

The will to power can express itself only against resistances; it seeks that which resists it--this is the native tendency of theamoeba when it extends its pseudopodia and gropes around.

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Good and evil thoughts are each a potent power, and they fill the universe.

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My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me.

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The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

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My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me.

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Steam becomes a mighty power only when it allows itself to be imprisoned in a strong little reservoir, produces tremendous motion and carries huge weights by permitting itself a tiny and measured outlet.

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Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything.

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A man made for public life and authority never takes account of personalities; he only takes account of things, of their weight and their conseqences.

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In war, as in politics, no evil - even if it is permissible under the rules - is excusable unless it is absolutely necessary. Everything beyond that is a crime.

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You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.

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Nothing is more arrogant than the weakness which feels itself supported by power.

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But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful.

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Power is the recognition of necessity.

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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

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Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it.

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Accumulation of power is as necessary as its diffusion, or rather more so.

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True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.

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All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

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Accumulate power in silence and become a dynamo of spirituality.

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Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.

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