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overpower

«It boggles my mind that someone can see life breathed into a baby, watch the grass die and then come to life again, see leaves fall and watch the rebirth of a tree, or gaze on any of the majestic splendor that is this earth and not be overpowered by the presence of an Almighty God!»
«Anger has overpowered him, and driven him to a revenge which was rather a stupid one, I must acknowledge, but anger makes us all stupid.»
«It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.»
«I am overpowering, and thou, (O plant), art completely overpowering. Having both grown full of power, let us overpower my rival!»
«About thee (my husband) I have placed the overpowering (plant), upon thee placed the very overpowering one. May thy mind run after me as a calf after the cow, as water along its course!»
«Human beings will continue to deceive and overpower one another. Basically, everyone exists in the very nature of suffering, so to abuse or mistreat each other is futile. The foundation of all spiritual practice is love. That you practice this well is my only request.»
«That all-softening, overpowering knell, / The tocsin of the soul - the dinner-bell.»
«It is so easy to give a naughty boy a slap, overpower him in an instant, and make him obey, that in this world of hurry and distraction, who can possibly spend time to wait for the slow return of his reason and the conquest of himself in the uncertai»
«Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise, roused the old to sensibility, and subdued the rigorous to softness»
«The Fear of God is overpowering, and so very heavy, while the intellect is lightweight, as is the speech one speaks.»

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