As the quote explains the only time when one can be truly selfless is when a person is in a position to help, which neither of the characters are this is why they did what they did, to survive. ... Egoism is just one philosophy that Zusak depicts, another one being the power of words. ... The power of words have the ability to sway crowds, topple governments or educate the misguided. ... George Orwell states in his novel 1984 "But if thought corrupts language language can also corrupt thought" this quote demonstrates the power of words. ... When she achieves this Liesel quickly mast...

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"A state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more power than another, there being nothing more" (Locke, 452) The quote stresses the importance of equal opportunity for each member of society, and fair treatment, a focal point for the morality of the society is that no one person is treated better or with special care. ... Government in Locke's society would not be legitimate without the power of the people. ... Hobbes believes one must fully submit themselves in return for all basic necessities needed in a society, like laws and ...

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It is a power given to us by God, and God cannot control it. ... This is a direct quote to show his change in religion after the war. ... Also, the bible and beliefs are shown to change at the end with the quote, "After a while Lee came. ... This ending passage shows the power of God and how he wipes slates clean. ... By these quotes, he is saying he demands to be treated fairly, as he deserves today in this land, not as they saw people in the past deserved. ...

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A central issue in both works is the conception of power. ... To show that Zorba's views are more complicated, one can refer to the end of the novel and the collapse of the mine he owned, as he blames God for the happenings.(289) As stated in the last quote, Zorba still views lifes happenings as existing separate from God. ... As outlined earlier, the role of power is shown in many different ways. ... He displays a form of weakness by always looking to a higher power. ... Kazantzakis uses the form of power through knowledge. ...

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In the quote it is describing God's true nature as is relates to humans here on earth. God has to power and the self awareness to respect what he has created. ... Jesus was on the cross as a result of our choices as humans and it was God's self-limiting power that prevented him from saving Jesus. ... Edwards states, "They will often think of a God who can do absolutely anything - of power without limits of any kind. ... In Jesus crucified we find that Divine power, which, as the resurrection assures us, is a real power to save and heal, can look like utter foolishness- (Edwards, 4...

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The first is the insight, which seemingly all humans posses, that knowledge is power. ... Observe any corporate CEO (legitimately hard-working that is), athletic coach, or even priest; these people are in put power positions because they are believed to have knowledge others don't. ... He quotes the Romantic novelist Novalis to describe this art. ... After understanding this second half of the quote, the first is nearly self-explanatory. ...

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Machiavelli's contention with those in power was almost entirely political and focused on the ineptitude of both the monarchy and papacy. ... Machiavelli explained that the fundamental flaw of the Catholic Church was not its pursuit of power, but its failure to seize power effectively. ... In The Discourses, he said that people are more afraid of breaking an oath and going against the power of God than breaking a law ruled by man. ... For example, in "The Freedom of a Christian," Luther quotes Paul in Romans 10, when he says that man needs nothing more than faith to be righteous...

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John Edward's Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, shows you how much power the Puritans believed God has and how easily he it would be for him to seek retribution. ... The strongest have no power to resist Him, nor can any deliver out of his Hands." ... This quote shows two things, it points out how the Puritans feared god and his holy wrath, and it also shows the irony in relation to the Salem Witch Trials which Hawthorne points out. ...

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Marx's analysis and critique of religion is perhaps one of the most famous and most quoted by theist and atheist alike. The most famous quote from the work of Karl Marx (and one of the most controversial statements in all of philosophy) is his frank assertion that religion "is the opium of the people" (141)*. ... Marx thought that these nascent inequities of power and wealth went on to evolve over the centuries - first into the relationship between a master and his slaves, then that of a lord with his serfs, and finally manifested as that between a factory owner and his workers. ... Rel...

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Zeus's rise to power is different than other religious stories where is father did not pass those powers down to his son but instead he overthrew is father Cronus and gained the sovereignty of heaven for himself. ... He was also son to father Cronus and owned supreme power over his realm of the underworld. ... That lightning bolt when seen was associated with him and the power that he possessed. ... Quotes that "treat every moment like your last" or "never put tomorrow what you can do today" or "time is money....

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This is a quote of a soldiers who turns to God in a cry of desperation to live to see another day while also describing the brutal injuries that many soldier faced in war. ... And I pray hey will be comforted by a power greater than any of us spoken through the ages in Psalm 23: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil for you are with me"" (Williams 1). ...

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The use of first person shows its power and constant emphasis on the story's message by again separating the facts from opinions.   There is no doubt in the reader's mind that such quotes or lines in the story can be subject to interpretation when the word "I " is present, which clearly depicts what the author was thinking, expecting, and feeling in that moment. ...

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I will demonstrate the treatment that the religious slaveholders put towards the slaves, the passages they used from the Bible while beating the slaves, and how they refused to educate slaves, fearing the power they would gain if they were on the same level mentally. ... I have seen him tie up a lame young woman, and whip her with a heavy cow-skin upon her naked shoulders, causing the warm red blood to drip; and, in justification of the bloody deed, he would quote this passage of Scripture- "He that knoweth his masters will, and doeth it not, shall be beaten with many stripes." ... The slaveho...

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Jonathan as quoted by Cline puts it that "...while there is a staggering amount of data, phenomena, of human experiences and expressions that might be characterized in one culture or another, by one criterion or another, as religion, there is no data for religion. ...

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"NOW I KNOW WHY MY VOICE NEVER CHANGES," is a quote from John Irving's novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany. It indicates how Owen's life and voice was used through God. Similarly in the play "Oedipus Rex," composed by Sophocles many centuries earlier, Oedipus is forewarned of what appalling and dread...

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