77 Quotes About Powerlessness

I felt caught in a dilemma that was new to me then but which since has become horribly familiar: the trap of adult life, in which you are held, wriggling, powerless to act because you can see both sides. On that occasion, as generally in the future, I compromised.

Power is the gem of necessity. Without observing power, identity remains undiscovered.

Die Ohnmacht des Einzelnen ist vielleicht die gefährlichste Illusion, die ein Mensch haben kann.

You can't go anywhere if you just resign yourself to being attacked. A state of chronic powerlessness eats away at a person.

But what use was the semblance of power without the substance?