"Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power." ― Pierre Corneille Topic(s): Power More From Pierre Corneille "Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman’s quality." "Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!" "One often calms one’s grief by recounting it." More In Power "We have a market-driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with power and pleasure and property."― Cornel West "We’re taught Lord Acton’s axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don’t believe it’s always true any more. Power doesn’t always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals."― Robert Caro "Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!"― David O. McKay