power [Theme]

cannot create, which means he is not omnipotent; if he creates, but does not raise, he is still not omnipotent. There is a comprehensive, albeit unexpected answer to this riddle: God not only can create such a stone, but has already created it. This stone is a man.

Strength, power, peace.

The whole purpose of my life is solitude. In addition to solitude, I also need power.

And in the end, history itself, time itself, was a history of clashes, the struggle of these two principles, where the children of darkness, from the point of view of Iranian tradition, had to seize more and more power. And the power of the children of light must become less and less, narrow, until the final battle comes, when the power of Ormuzd, the power of light, will finally and irrevocably defeat the power of darkness.

The feeling of independence is real power. The ability to allow yourself to spend day after day the way you want, and no matter what is happening around - whether there is a war going on or the borders of the worlds are collapsing.

I have known for a long time that the artistic world obeys its own laws, but I still underestimated the power of these laws.

My God is Ben Franklin. Because he is material, I believe that he was, unlike your God. My God, unlike yours, has power. My God can help me - yours can't. Your God gives you hope, when you have problems - my God solves these problems.

He can do whatever he wants, because in the world and morality, and civilization, and everything else is subject to the power of money, and his means seem to be inexhaustible.

- People - no. What about mountains, seas, ancient groves? The power of nature, its vast expanses, scales... Looking at the endless ocean, do you still remember your problems? Amala, you are just a child against eternity. Your life is a moment compared to the life of the universe. Fill this moment with joy, not sorrow. Pleasure, not pain. Love... not hate. Base feelings like anger or resentment have no value. You don't need to focus on them.

Knowledge is the path to power.

He could climb a mountain and a hundred mountains, and descend from them. I could follow the call of desire in the direction of an unknown country. He could find a good woman and be with her because he wanted to, and not because he was constrained by duty and habit. And to have children only to surround them with happiness. With eyes full of love, observe how the world and he himself are changing from year to year. And do not be afraid of anything, because for any trouble there is a forest, and in the forest there are herbs. They will cure everything, you just need to go and look for them.

We are most in awe of what threatens the power of others: after all, such a misfortune comes with great noise and confusion.

The beauty of mortals lies in the transience of the mortal world. Aren't our lives like a flash of lightning? But divine power manifests itself suddenly, and is there anyone who can withstand the roar of eternity?

If the forging swords benefactors of mankind were able to understand something, to endure at least some lessons, then they, perhaps, would have learned one of the main ideas of the Ring - the illusory nature of power, the proximity of rise to fall - something that is sparingly characterized in the Bible and aptly: vanity of vanities.