What people do for the struggle of power is madness.

To me, power is making things happen without asking for permission. It's affecting the way people perceive themselves and the world around them. It's making people stand up with pride.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

I'm conditioned to know that I'm gonna fuck something up, so I go into anything that makes me feel truly vulnerable with an acknowledgment that it may be temporary, or I may be limited in my ability to fulfill this really big thing that doesn't require me to be sharp or witty or dexterous. It requires me to be fucking naive and simple and nice and reliable. I worry about it, because I'm better at: make a joke and leave.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice.