Power Quotes

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control.

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man.

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power - and nothing else!

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.