strength

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blessing

toast (speech)

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bear

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Deep Thoughts

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is (i.e. The total freedom of the human will) the poorest in successes:, always beaten by human vanity.

The strongest knowledge (that of the total freedom of the human will) is nonetheless the poorest in successes: for it always has the strongest opponent, human vanity. Friedrich Nietzsche

is a facade for the proud, just as weakness is a mask for the lazy.

Strength is a facade for the proud, weakness is a mask for the lazy.

is a property inherent in a person or object, marked by independence. It is distinguished from force (the ability to act in concert), force (the energy released in a physical or social movement, such as the force of nature), and violence, (a way of acting without argument or speech, and without considering consequences).

For Arendt, power is not the ability to force people to do what you want, but the ability to act in concert with others. The power invested in a government is but one kind of power. This can be distinguished from strength (a property inherent in a person or object, marked by independence), force (the energy released in a physical or social movement, such as the force of nature), and most importantly, violence. She defines violence as tied closely to strength but requiring implements or tools. Violence is always instrumental in nature (CR 143). She adds that violence is a way of acting without argument or speech, and without considering consequences (CR 161).

is not rooted in physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Mahatma Gandhi

is not the absence of weakness but how we wrestle with our weaknesses.

Strength is not the absence of weakness but how we wrestle with our weaknesses. Noah Benshea

is nothing to boast of. It is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.

They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force-- nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others. Joseph Conrad

is distinguished from weakness in that the weak man has doubts before a decision while the strong man has them afterwards.

A weak man has doubts before a decision... a strong man has them afterwards. Karl Kraus

Our strength grows out of our weakness. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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