Power isn't doing something terrible to someone who's weaker than you, … It's having the strength to do something terrible, and choosing not to.

Sometimes what you don’t do is just as important as what you do.

What you don't do can be a destructive force.

Virtue lies in our power, and similarly so does vice; because where it is in our power to act, it is also in our power not to act...

Sometimes it's what you don't do that makes you who you are.

It is not what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.

What good is power when you're too wise to use it?

It is not what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.’

Whatever lies within our power to do lies also within our power not to do.

personal power is directly tied to personal responsibility, which most people avoid.

People may do things that can trigger certain emotion, but the processing, decision-making and power lies within you. You have more power than you may sometimes realise.

When people with good intentions don't own and take power, it becomes the preserve of the heartless, ruthless, greedy, narcissistic, psychopaths. That’s why not using power can be just as bad as using it badly.

On the occasion of every accident (event) that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use. If you see a fair man or a fair woman, you will find that the power to resist is temperance (continence). If labor (pain) be presented to you, you will find that it is endurance. If it be abusive words, you will find it to be patience. And if you have been thus formed to the (proper) habit, the appearances will not carry you along with them.

It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.