Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.
[Fr., Qui peut ce qui lui plait, commande alors read more

Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.
[Fr., Qui peut ce qui lui plait, commande alors qu'il prie.]

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

Those have most power to hurt us, that we love

Those have most power to hurt us, that we love

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

Without his rod revers'd,
And backward mutters of dissevering power.

Without his rod revers'd,
And backward mutters of dissevering power.

Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.

Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough read more

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.