"Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power." ― Bertrand Russell Topic(s): Power Tags: idealism, passes More From Bertrand Russell "Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself." "Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age." "To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it." More In Power "Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes."― Eleanor Roosevelt "Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere."― Benjamin F. Wade "Life is but thought."― Sara Teasdale