Love Of Power Quotes

“The universe runs on the principle that one who can exert the most evil on other creatures runs the show.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Let no one ever intimidate you, you are standing on no one's ground. But again, some have claimed the earth as their own and usurped power from the rest of us. But they are usurpers; power belongs to every one of us. Seek it as much as possible. There is no shame in that. In fact it's a necessity. Either you have power or you are trampled to death in the stampede to get to the top”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“If you are my food, how am I supposed to feel pity towards you? That would mean starvation for me. “A hungry leopard told a fallen, panting, imploring gazelle”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Life is politics, you do it or it does you”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“In politics what you see is not what you get”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Once you are in power, never forget those who put you there. Deal with those who think they can do better than you and those who think you are god's representative on earth. Deal with each other according to his actions”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Politicians know it's a game of power, every politician at every level, even in the common of mortals.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Power hungry=life loving”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“If anyone rises to power, it's not only because he could, but also because the stars were aligned in his favor. Many with apparent means to take it failed simply because they weren't destined for the honor”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Nothing is sweeter and addictive than power, the unlucky soul this demon possesses, if he is not sacrificed on its altar will sacrifice others himself to get it”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“The Golden Mean is for the weakling, it was not meant for the likes of Alexander the Great, Cyrus, Pharaohs, or Hitlers of the world”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Powerless=lifeless.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“You've surpassed us, that's true, and some people are afraid and will continue to be. Some will hate you. That's true too. But most will love you, even those who sometimes fear you.”
― Claire Legrand, Lightbringer

“Power makes you attractive; it even makes women love old men.”
― Joseph Joubert

“Never forget the power of love, but always forget the love of power.”
― Debasish Mridha

“Power is the great aphrodisiac.”
― Henry Kissinger

“Our fundamental impulses are neither good nor bad: they are ethically neutral. Education should aim at making them take forms that are good. The old method, still beloved by Christians, was to thwart instinct; the new method is to train it. Take love of power: it is useless to preach Christian humility, which merely makes the impulse take hypocritical forms. What you have to do is to provide beneficent outlets for it. The original native impulse can be satisfied in a thousand ways—oppression, politics, business, art, science, all satisfy it when successfully practised. A man will choose the outlet for his love of power that corresponds with his skill; according to the type of skill given him in youth, he will choose one occupation or another. The purpose of our public schools is to teach the technique of oppression and no other; consequently they produce men who take up the white man’s burden. But if these men could do science, many of them might prefer it. Of two activities which a man has mastered, he will generally prefer the more difficult: no chess-player will play draughts. In this way, skill may be made to minister to virtue.”
― Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays

“There are women," returned my uncle, "some of them of the most admired, who are slaves to a demoniacal love of power. The very pleasure of their consciousness consists in the knowledge that they have power--not power to do things, but power to make other people do things." [Uncle; Flight of the Shadow]”
― George MacDonald, The Complete Works of George MacDonald