Webs and power

Some words to mull over...

The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
-William Shakespeare

Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to deceive.
-Sir Walter Scott

The bird, a nest; the spider, a web; man, friendship.
-William Blake

He is most powerful who has power over himself.
-Seneca

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.
-Alice Walker

The secret of power is the knowledge that others are more cowardly than you are.
-Ludwig Borne