#powers

...You see I believe in that stuff to: yoga and mystical powers. I once knew a man who could kill himself on command. Can you believe that? . . . Why do you laugh? . . . Believe it! By will of his own mind, he could make his heart stop beating for good' My neighbor poised and looked seriously at me, searching in my eyes. '...You laugh!' he repeated once more… 'You laugh, but he was a master at it! He could commit suicide at his own will!' Indeed, hearty laughter streamed through my nose. 'Could he do it perpetually?' I asked. 'Perpetually...?' My neighbor rubbed his waxy chin. 'I mean, is he still able to do it?' 'I’m not sure I understand.' 'Well? Then is he dead…?!' My neighbor's puzzled face slowly began to transform into a look of realization. 'But sir,' he said, 'Of course he’s dead! I mean to say... this man could kill himself on command, you see. And you don’t come back from the dead!' The two of us found ourselves crossing to the door so I could let my visitor out. I slapped him with friendliness on the shoulder. 'No, you don’t come back from the dead,' I agreed. ↗

— Roman Payne

#death #funny #mind-powers #mystical-powers #mysticism

I learned that you go through things, you deal with them and that's what empowers you and ultimately makes you a happy person. ↗

— Demi Lovato

#empowers #go #happy #happy person #i

Everyone hooks up with George Clooney. He's a genuinely cool guy. He's using his powers for good. ↗

— William H. Macy

#cool #cool guy #everyone #genuinely #george

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#build #call #day #develop #forth

I am willing to consider powers which would ban known hooligans from rallies and marches and I will look into the powers the police already have to force the removal of face coverings and balaclavas. ↗

— Theresa May

#am #ban #consider #face #force

My joy knows no bounds... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity. ↗

— Olusegun Obasanjo

#bounds #devote #energy #humanity #i

I'm a normal person and I don't have superpowers! I do normal things, too. ↗

— Larisa Oleynik

#i do #normal #normal person #normal things #person

Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man. ↗

— Satchel Paige

#characteristics #cheered #excellent #excellent man #grieved

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

#believe #believe in yourself #cannot #confidence #faith

In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed. ↗

— John Rawls

#constant #finance #function #money #paralyzed