"The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying time, vertical power has to be wedded to the horizontal earth."

Power, Time, Dying, Earth

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"The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying time, vertical power has to be wedded to the horizontal earth."

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"One of the main points about travelling is to develop in us a feeling of solidarity, of that oneness without which no better world is possible."

Emotion, Feeling, Oneness, Solidarity, World

"One travels so as to learn once more how to marvel at life in the way a child does. And blessed be the poet, the artist who knows how to keep alive his sense of wonder."

Life, Artist, Sense, Wonder

"One travels to escape from it all, but that is the great illusion: It cannot be done, since one travels with one's mind."

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"Others are keen to see if natives other than us live better than we do, without heat in pipes, ice in boxes, sunshine in bulbs, music on disks, or images gliding over a pale screen."

Music,

"We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children."

Family, Children, Earth, Parents, Want

"Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of."

Travel, Adventure, Desire, Spirit

"There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men."

Man, Men

"Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own self. Our consciousness being broadened and enriched, we shall judge ourselves more correctly."

Travel, Being, Consciousness, Self

"I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch."

Value,

"Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance."

Time, Home, Inheritance, Possession

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"Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good."

Socrates, Greek Philosopher

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"The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting."

Hank Aaron, American Athlete

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"Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best."

Edward Abbey, American Author

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"One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country is that no one talks out."

Kathy Acker, American Activist

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"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

John Acton, English Historian

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"India is a regional power. It does not need anything to establish it."

Gary Ackerman, American Politician

Power,

"Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help."

Alvin Adams, American Businessman

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"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Lord Acton, British Historian

Power,

"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Lord Acton, British Historian

Power,