Impotence

Famous quotes containing the word impotence:

“It is not their brotherly love but the impotence of their brotherly love that keeps the Christians of today from—burning us.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“Therefore Lord God, you are more truly omnipotent, because you have no power through impotence and nothing can be against you.”
—Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109)