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Power Quotes by Emile M. Cioran
- Woes and wonders of Power, that tonic hell, synthesis of poison and panacea.
- No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far…
- I live only because it is in my power to die when I choose to: without the idea of suicide, I'd have killed myself right…
- Knowledge, having irritated and stimulated our appetite for power, will lead us inexorably to our ruin.
- The more intense a spiritual leader's appetite for power, the more he is concerned to limit it to others.
- Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.
- If you lack the power to demoralize yourself along with the age, to go as low and as far, do not complain of being misunderstood…
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- The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo