Quotes on Power Over Others

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Power is a poison well known for thousands of years. If only no one were ever to acquire material power over others! But to the human being who has faith in some force that holds dominion over all of us, and who is therefore conscious of his own limitations, power is not necessarily fatal. For those, however, who are unaware of any higher sphere, it is a deadly poison. For them there is no antidote.

He who stands on tiptoe _x000D_ _x000D_ doesn't stand firm. _x000D_ _x000D_ He who rushes ahead _x000D_ _x000D_ doesn't go far. _x000D_ _x000D_ He who tries to shine _x000D_ _x000D_ dims his own light. _x000D_ _x000D_ He who defines himself _x000D_ _x000D_ can't know who he really is. _x000D_ _x000D_ He who has power over others _x000D_ _x000D_ can't empower himself. _x000D_ _x000D_ He who clings to his work _x000D_ _x000D_ will create nothing that endures.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.