Imaginary Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Power is pleasure; and pleasure sweetens pain.

— William Hazlitt

“Power is not pleasure, power is pain.”

— Amit Kalantri

“the power to cause pain is the only power that matters, the power to kill and destroy, because if you can't kill then you…

— Orson Scott Card

“Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation.”

— George Orwell

“The characteristic of Pains and Pleasures is that they are unmistakably real, and therefore, as far as they go, give the man who feels…

— C.S. Lewis

“You have to have the power to employ pain, to repent, to be illuminated, you must have the opportunity and even the time.”

— Saul Bellow

We find our power in the same place as our pain.

— Aaron Shepard

Real power comes when we stop holding others responsible for our pain, and we take responsibility for all our feelings.

— Melody Beattie

“It is a sad truth that those who crave and seek power, invariably abuse that power once they obtain it.”

— Ian Gregoire

“But the lust for power never dies- men cannot have enough. No one will lift a hand to send it from his door, to…

— Aeschylus

“I have no power at all over people, places and things, and if I ever for a moment mistakenly believe that I do, and…

— Russell Brand

True power does not amass through the pain and suffering of others.

— Joy Harjo