Most people, 95% of people, are good people. Its the 5% who get seduced by power.George HickenlooperHuman natureMoralityPower Share this
power, after it has ceased from troubling, is the dominant passion in human nature.Gertrude AthertonDominanceHuman naturePower Share this
A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.Alexander HamiltonAbuseHuman naturePower Share this
It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes.Svetlana AlliluyevaHuman naturePowerSociety Share this
Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could.Daniel DefoeHuman natureInequalityPower Share this
Maybe all the schemes of the devil were nothing compared to what man could think up.Joe HillEvilHuman naturePower Share this
A child is mysterious and powerful; And contains within himself the secret of human nature.Maria MontessoriHuman natureMysteryPower Share this
The household is a school of power. There, within the door, learn the tragi-comedy of human life.Ralph Waldo EmersonEducationHuman naturePower Share this
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Charlie Munger Achievement Deserving Success
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Jean Cocteau Deception Perception Reality
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Jean Cocteau Identity Individuality Rebellion
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Charlie Munger Worry
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Charlie Munger Criticism Past Stupidity
