Powerless Quotes
Sexism has never rendered women powerless. It has either suppressed their strength or exploited it.
bell hooks (2014). “Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center”, p.95, Routledge
Theodor W. Adorno, Rolf Tiedemann (2003). “Can One Live After Auschwitz?: A Philosophical Reader”, p.47, Stanford University Press
Bo Sanchez “Simplify And Create Abundance”, Shepherds Voice Publications, Inc.
Harriet Ann Jacobs (2006). “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Literary Touchstone Classic”, p.29, Prestwick House Inc
Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness.
Rollo May (1998). “Power and Innocence: A Search for the Sources of Violence”, p.23, W. W. Norton & Company
At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness.
Erica Jong (2013). “Fear of Flying: 40th Anniversary Edition”, p.281, Open Road Media
Powerlessness corrupts: absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter (1993). “Men and Women of the Corporation”, p.164, Basic Books
Aeschylus (2013). “Aeschylus I: The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, Prometheus Bound”, p.140, University of Chicago Press
Jules Verne (2016). “The Mysterious Island”, p.725, BookRix
Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins (2007). “How to See Yourself As You Really Are”, p.88, Simon and Schuster