Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
Herman HesseChallenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand.
Oprah WinfreyGreat men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.
Ralph Waldo EmersonAllow the president to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
Abraham LincolnGreat hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.
Ralph Waldo EmersonBut the fact is no one knew the existence of this universal force, though it was there along with the Earth! The force was operating even when man was unaware of it.
Sai BabaDriven by the forces of love, the fragments of the world seek each other so that the world may come to being.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinI would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.
Mahatma GandhiPut two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.
Franklin D. Roosevelt