But the lover's power is the poet's power. He can make love from all the common strings with which this world is strung.

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.

Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments.

My dad is still Christian Scientist. My mom's not, and I'm not. But I believe in God, and that there's a higher power and an intelligence that's bigger than us and that we can rely on. It's not just us, thinking we are the ones in control of everything. That idea gives me support.

If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy.