"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 "Every man of courage is a man of his word." "My sweetest hope is to lose hope." "Each instant of life is a step toward death." More In Power "You only have power over people so long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power – he’s free again."― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn "Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon."― Oriana Fallaci "Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them."― George Orwell