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Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.
Power tires only those who do not have it.
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.
The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.
A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.
All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.