Quotes About Control

Know that the philosopher has power over the stars, and not the stars over him.

Men who use terrorism as a means to power, rule by terror once they are in power.

It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.

Simply stated, power is the ability to get things done.

Only fools seek power, and the greatest fools seek it through force.

Knowledge gives power. In practice it is very simple. To control yourself, know yourself.

Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.

Sometimes our power resides not in what we do, but in what we don't do.

Powerlessness corrupts: absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely.

The essence of modern dictatorship is the combination of one-dimensional, flat thinking with power and terror.

You gain power by pretending to be weak.

You can't trust anybody with power.

Power is a thing of perception. They don't need to be able to kill you. They just need you to think they are able to kill you

Money: power at its most liquid.

You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them.

Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.

Absolute power demoralizes.

Censorship is always cause for celebration. It is always an opportunity because it reveals fear of reform. It means that the power position is so weak that you have got to care what people think.

There is no power like oratory. Caesar controlled men by exciting their fears, Cicero by . . . swaying their passions. The influence of the one perished; that of the other continues to this day.

Reality is my drug. The more I have of it, the more power I get and the higher I feel

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

Government's power to bully people who have broken no law is dangerous to all of us.