Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

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Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel (September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, which is based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz and Buchenwald during...

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Truth can be found everywhere, even on the lips of drunkards, in the noisiest of taverns.

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There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

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The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

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Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

—Dr. Thomas Fuller

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.

—Charles Caleb Colton

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

—Baltasar Gracián

You see what power is—holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it to them!

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.

—A. Bartlett Giamatti

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