A man who does not like power will suffer from its cruelty.

Faith is the flame that eliminates fear, and faith is the emperor of dreams.

Yes, my eyes are closed to your light. I am a beast, a nigger. But I can be saved. You are sham niggers, you, maniacs, fiends, misers. Merchant, you are a nigger; Judge, you are a nigger; General, you are a nigger; Emperor, old itch, you are a nigger: you have drank of the untaxed liquor of Satan's still.

Have I have played my part well in the comedy of life? If so, clap your hands and dismiss me from the stage with applause.

That, after all, was his job. The title of emperor carried with it only a single duty.To make everything better.

Only he who has no use for the empire is fit to be entrusted with it.

I was thinking, So, I'm Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But at least I'll be able to make people read my books now.

Some say, Scytale said, that people cling to Imperial leadership because space is infinite. They feel lonely without a unifying symbol. For a lonely people, the Emperor is a definite place. They can turn toward him and say: 'See, there He is. He makes us one.' Perhaps religion serves the same purpose, m'Lord.