Paul Valery Quotes

Thought rules mankind.

If I wanted, I could have ruled half of Bombay.

I’m the constitution around here now.

Gold is power Aurum est Potestas

To rule means to exercise power, and only he who possesses power can exercise it. This direct connection of power and rule forms the fundamental truth of all politics and the key to all history.

The desire to order other people around and make them conform to one own's vision takes many forms.

Who owns a man, Durnik?” the blond young man asked sadly. “The one who rules him, or the one who pays him?

It is no bad thing to be a king-to see one's house enriched and one's authority enhanced.

I never had, or wished for, power over you. That isn't true, of course. I wanted the greatest power of all. but not advantage, or authority.

Nothing is more stylish than power.

People with leverage have dominance over people with less leverage. In other words, just as humans gained advantages over animals by creating leveraged tools, similarly, humans who use these tools of leverage have more power over humans that do not. Saying it more simply, 'leverage is power'.

Oh yes, right—right. What is the use of having right on your side if you have not got might?

The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate.

Obtain power, then, by all means; power is the law of man; make it yours.

You will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me.

What is the cause of historical events? Power. What is power? Power is the sum total of wills transferred to one person. On what condition are the willso fo the masses transferred to one person? On condition that the person express the will of the whole people. That is, power is power. That is, power is a word the meaning of which we do not understand.

Aubrey's voice when he answered was soft. "I'm one of the reasons they wouldn't dare.

Power educates the potentate.

The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them without preaching, are wealth, health and power.

Information is control.

Lists are a form of power.

Power is as power does.

This is what consciousness does: it sets the goals, and the rest of the system learns how to meet them.