Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.
Not necessity, not desire – no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything – health, food, a place to live, entertainment – they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.
I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.
All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.
See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man syndrome.
I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient.
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