"I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mold society"

"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!"

"Prestige is the shadow of money and power"

"Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers"

"A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity"

"Power wears out those who don't have it"

"There is no power on earth more formidable than the truth"

"Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles"

"All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual"

"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer"

"The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance"