Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.

—Seneca

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.

—Seneca

Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still.

—Seneca

The key to every man is his thought.… He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.

—Seneca

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

—Seneca

The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use—of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public.

—Robert F. Kennedy

Power never takes a back step—only in the face of more power.

—Malcolm X

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.

—Lord Macaulay

If power was an illusion, wasn't weakness necessarily one also?

—Lois McMaster Bujold

The secret of all power is—save your force. If you want high pressure you must choke off waste.

—Joseph Farrell