One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be …

Frank Herbert
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One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim. ✨ Frank Herbert (2008). Children of Dune, p.183, Penguin
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