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Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new
power.
Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new
power.
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from read more
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
He hath no power that hath not power to use.
He hath no power that hath not power to use.
So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed,
And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
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So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed,
And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
- Barry Cornwall (pseudonym of Bryan Waller Procter),
I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.
I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
There is no knowledge that is not power
There is no knowledge that is not power