"You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you."
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"Force that the performance of duty naturally generates is the non-violent and invincible force that satyagraha brings into being."
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"The alternation of motion is ever proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed."
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"Mighty is the force of motherhood! It transforms all things by its vital heat."
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"Ideas are, in truth, force."
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"Even in a righteous cause force is a fearful thing."
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"You've got to find the force inside you."
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"Our technology forces us to live mythically"
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"Not by force shall the children learn, but through play"
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"Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers."
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"Imagination is a concentrated extract of all the forces of life."
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"To have a breakthrough, you must consciously connect with the invisible forces that are everywhere around you, urging you to go beyond your old conditioning."
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"You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it."
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"There is nothing like writing to force you to think and get your thoughts straight."
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"I hated it when people tried to force me out when I wasn't ready. It was very painful, and it actually pushed me away from doing so."
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"There is a force within that gives you life. Seek that."
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"Do you know what amazes me more than anything else? The impotence of force to organize anything."
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"The fact that mankind persists shows that the cohesive force is greater than the disruptive force, centripetal force greater than centrifugal."
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"We can decide to let our trials crush us, or we can convert them to new forces of good."
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"There is great force hidden in a sweet command."
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