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 not alluring to pure minds

Power is not alluring to pure minds

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; read more

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.

Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.

Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

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.

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

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),