“Singlemindedness is all-powerful.”
“with a singlemindedness common only to former Soviet interior-ministry troops and first-year law students”
“What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome.”
“Power is trustI repeat... that all power is a trust”
“Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.”
“Not all powers are spectacular." Hestia looked at me. "Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding.”