Thomas Keneally Quotes

Even in war moral power is to physical as three parts out of four.

Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me.

Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.

I always say that non-violence is not the weapon of the weak. It is the weapon of the strong.

Virtue without terror is powerlessness.

A great power imposes the obligation of exercising restraint

Let us ask what is best - not what is customary. Let us love temperance - let us be just - let us refrain from bloodshed.

Only he who has measured the dominion of force, and knows how not to respect it, is capable of love andjustice.

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior.

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.

Son, never throw a punch at a redwood.

I don't see myself as a violent guy.

Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

It is not according to my mode of doing things, to bring a suit against a man that I have the power in my own hands to punish.

I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.

You don't hurt 'em if you don't hit 'em.

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

You can see how he changed on the surface. But at the core of it all, I think Superman has remained the same - a character with incredible powers but almost superhuman humility and restraint.

Violence isn't really my thing.

Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.

He who has great power should use it lightly.