Quote by Rene Descartes
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power. – Rene Descartes

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I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery. – Rene Descartes

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Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. – Rene Descartes

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Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. – Lord Acton

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An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy. – Daniel Webster

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The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from afar off, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for a moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what is there about us always. – Willa Cather

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The point of power is always in the present moment. – Louise L. Hay

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