„Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.“

„Four things greater than all things are,—
Women and Horses and Power and War.“

—  Rudyard Kipling English short-story writer, poet, and novelist 1865 - 1936

The Ballad of the King's Jest, Stanza 4
Other works

„I am of those who believe that gentleness is a greater, surer power than force, and that sympathy is a safer power by far than is intellect.“

—  Louis Sullivan American architect 1856 - 1924

Education (1902)
Context: I am not of those who believe in lackadaisical methods. On the contrary, I advocate a vigorous, thorough, exact mental training which shall fit the mind to expand upon and grasp large things and yet properly to perceive in their just relation the significance of small ones to discriminate accurately as to quantity and quality and thus to develop individual judgment, capacity and independence.
But at the same time I am of those who believe that gentleness is a greater, surer power than force, and that sympathy is a safer power by far than is intellect. Therefore would I train the individual sympathies as carefully in all their delicate warmth and tenuity as I would develop the mind in alertness, poise and security.
Nor am I of those who despise dreamers. For the world would be at the level of zero were it not for its dreamers gone and of today. He who dreamed of democracy, far back in a world of absolutism, was indeed heroic, and we of today awaken to the wonder of his dream.

„The only thing greater than the power of the mind is the courage of the heart“

—  John Nash American mathematician and Nobel Prize laureate 1928 - 2015

„The power of the pen is far greater than those people suppose who have not proved it by experience.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, book The Decameron

Le forze della penna sono troppo maggiori che coloro non estimano che quelle con conoscimento provato non hanno.
Eighth Day, Seventh Story
The Decameron (c. 1350)

„Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.“

—  Dan Brown, book The Da Vinci Code

Source: The Da Vinci Code

„Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.“

—  Barbara Kingsolver American author, poet and essayist 1955

Source: Homeland and Other Stories

„The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.“

—  Richard Feynman American theoretical physicist 1918 - 1988

The Value of Science (1955)

„Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hang on too long.“

—  Morrie Schwartz American sociologist 1916 - 1995

„Don't hang on too long, but don't let go too soon.“

—  Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie

Source: Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)

„In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.“

—  Denis Diderot French Enlightenment philosopher and encyclopædist 1713 - 1784

No. 50
On the Interpretation of Nature (1753)

„There is no greater power on this earth than story.“

—  Libba Bray, book The Diviners

Source: The Diviners

„It’s a great tragedy that the ability to act is used to manipulate people, but it is a greater tragedy that people welcome it while sometimes making a phony protest.“

—  Eugene J. Martin American artist 1938 - 2005

„But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.“

—  Rick Riordan, book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

„You know love may sometimes make you cry,
so let the tears go,
they will flow away,
for you know love will always let you fly
— how far a heart can fly away!“

—  Enya Irish singer, songwriter, and musician 1961

Song lyrics, Amarantine (2005)

„Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.“

—  Malcolm X American human rights activist 1925 - 1965

p. 158

„To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first.“

—  Janeane Garofalo comedian, actress, political activist, writer 1964

standup performance, date unknown[citation needed]
Standup routines

„Things are not always as they seem. Sometimes, even most times, they are far stranger than you’d imagine, and most likely more perverse than you’d care to consider.“

—  K. A. Bedford Australian writer 1963

Source: Paradox Resolution (2012), Chapter 8 (p. 61)

„The leaves let go, the seeds let go, and I must let go sometimes, too, and cast my lot with another of nature’s imperfect but tenacious survivors.“

—  Robert Fulghum, book All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Source: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

„The fate of animals is of far greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous.“

—  Emile Zola French writer (1840-1902) 1840 - 1902