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The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.

Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence.

But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.

I define power as 'control over one's life.' A balanced life is far superior to the male definition of power: earning money someone else spends while he dies sooner.

Since the end of the Cold War, hegemonism has become increasingly unpopular.

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

The difference between one man and another is not mere ability it is energy.

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

Power is paradoxical.