Power Driven Vessel

Famous quotes containing the words power, driven and/or vessel:

“We know that madness belongs to love,—what power to paint a vile object in hues of heaven.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Today, only a fool would offer herself as the singular role model for the Good Mother. Most of us know not to tempt the fates. The moment I felt sure I had everything under control would invariably be the moment right before the principal called to report that one of my sons had just driven somebody’s motorcycle through the high school gymnasium.”
—Mary Kay Blakely (20th century)

“To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)