"He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled." - Aristotle, Politics

"For knowledge, too, is itself power." - Francis Bacon, Meditationes Sacrae

"The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom." - Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage

"The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse." - Edmund Burke, speech (1771)

"To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who seek it: the pains of power are real, its pleasures imaginary." - Charles Caleb Colton

"To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it: the pains of power are real, its pleasures imaginary." - Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln

"He who has great power should use it lightly." - Seneca

"Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, these three alone lead life to sovereign power." - Alfred Lord Tennyson

"He never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor paltered with Eternal God for power." - Alfred Lord Tennyson

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however." - Bach, Richard in 'Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah'

"Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it." - Bible (Song of Solomon 8:7)

"If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee--that will do them in." - Bradley's Bromide

"Words are both better and worse than thoughts, they express them, and add to them; they give them power for good or evil; they start them on an endless flight, for instruction and comfort and blessing, or for injury and sorrow and ruin." - Edwards, Tryon (1809-1894)

"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds." - Einstein, Albert

"Love does not dominate; it cultivates." - Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)

"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." - King Jr., Martin Luther (1929-1968)

"Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men." - Kung Fu-tse [Confucius] (551-479 B.C.)

"How did the great rivers and seas gain dominion over the hundred lesser streams? By being lower than they." - Lao-tse [Lao-tzu] (c604-c531 B.C.)

"Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich starker. T: Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger." - Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm (1844-1900) in 'Twilight of the Idols' 1889

"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." - O'Rourke, P. J.

"'Slave is an Ephebian word. In Om we have no word for slave,' said Vorbis.
'So I understand,' said the Tyrant. 'I imagine that fish have no word for water.'"
- Pratchett, Terry in 'Small Gods'

"Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love." - Rockefeller, Nelson