That perm gave me a power I never had before.

I had never considered my calm nature to be my biggest strength until now.

You’ve always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself.

I don't feel like I've re-invented myself, I feel like I've re-discovered who I was.

You'll find my power comes from within.... and is a force to be reckoned with.

From my weakness, I drew strength that never left me.

Whatever my powers — feminine or the contrary — God had given them, and I felt resolute to be ashamed of no faculty of his bestowal.

The day I met Islam, I found a power within myself that no man could destroy or take away from me.

I felt the power of God as I'd never felt it before.

That power which circumstances placed in my hands, and which is an emanation of divinity, I am conscious of having used to the best of my skill. I have never wittingly wronged any one. For this campaign there were good and sufficient reasons; and if some should think that I have not fulfilled all expectations, they ought in justice to reflect that there is a mysterious power without us, which in a great measure governs the issue of human undertakings.

I had heard that madmen have unnatural strength. And as I knew I was a madman, at times anyhow, I resolved to use my power.

I have discovered nothing. I have only found out what I knew. I understand the force that in the past gave me life, and now too gives me life. I have been set free from falsity, I have found the Master.

غير أننا كنا نشعر بأننا أقوياء لا حد لقوتنا ،أما بعد الاعتقال فقد اضطرب شعورنا بالقوة و فقدنا الكثير من شجاعاتنا ، و ثقتنا فى انفسنا و فى الايام ،و اكتشفنا وجود قوة مخيفة تعمل فى استقلال كلي عن القانون و القيم الانسانية

Gradually I became more accustomed to this strange addition in my life. More and more, I was slowly able to control its movements. In a few ways it had actually become helpful. I had become reluctant to part with it. The mystery of its very presence had aroused my curiosity.