Quotes about Potency

literature enlarges our world of experience to include both more of the physical world and things not yet imagined, giving the "actual world" a "new dimension of depth" (Lewis, Of Other Worlds 29). This makes it possible for literature to strip Christian doctrines of their "stained glass" associations and make them appear in their "real potency" (37), a possibility Lewis himself realized in the Narnia series and the space trilogy.

And yet, how much damage could one small book do? How powerful could it be? That was when Sally began to run, because she knew the answer. Words were everything, stories were more powerful than any weapon, books changed lives.

Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

Personal power is the ability to take action.

Habit is necessary to give power.

To impress the idea of power on others, they must be made in some way to feel it.

His power is accessible.

For each person there is a sentence—a series of words—which has the power to destroy them.

To impress the idea of power on others, they must be made in some way to feel it.