"If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world"

"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"

"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"

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

"Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty"

"Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions"

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