History Quotes / WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity

-->-- '''Billy Butcher''', ''Series/{{The Boys}}''

I have walked paths no man can know and faced the unnameable creatures of the Warp. I understand all too well the secrets and dangers that lurk in its hidden darkness. Such things are not for lesser minds to know; no matter how powerful or knowledgeable they believe themselves to be. The secrets I have shared serve as warnings, not enticements to explore further. Only death and damnation await those who pry too deeply into secrets not meant for mortals.\\\I see now I have allowed my sons to delve too profoundly into matters I should never have permitted them to know even existed. Let it be known that no one shall suffer censure, for this conclave is to serve Unity, not discord. But no more shall the threat of sorcery be allowed to taint the warriors of the Astartes. Henceforth, it is my will that no Legion will maintain a Librarius department. All its warriors and instructors must be returned to the battle companies and never again employ any psychic powers.\\\

-->-- '''Tyrion Lannister''', ''Literature/AClashofKings''

-> Skip through the flowers!\\
While away the hours!\\
Give me the power\\
Or end up dead!\\
You won't believe\\
What goes on in my head!\\
'''...'''\\
Warp to and fro\\
Onward we go!\\
You'll never know\\
What goes on in my head...\\
...But it won't matter\\
When EVERYONE'S DEAD!
-->-- '''Marx''', ''[[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Vs. Marx]] [[Creator/ManOnTheInternet WITH LYRICS]]''

When EVERYONE'S DEAD!\\

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->'''Nova:''' Look at [the Annihilation Wave]. Millions of them. Don't you just want to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge stop and dish some out]]?\\

'''Nova:''' (''[[SlasherSmile grinning maniacally]]'') Burden? It feels like I've got a star singing inside me. I could do anything.\\

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-->-- ''Discworld/AHatFullOfSky''

->Hear now the words of my ruling.\\\I am not blind to the needs of the Imperium, but nor am I blind to the realities of the hearts of men. I hear men speak of knowledge and power as though they are abstract concepts to be employed as simply as a sword or gun. They are not. Power is a living force, and the danger with power is obsession. A man who attains a measure of power will find it comes to dominate his life until all he can think of is the acquisition of more. Nearly all men can stand adversity, but few can stand the ultimate test of character, that of wielding power without succumbing to its darker temptations.\\\
Peering into the darkness to gain knowledge of the [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace Warp]] is fraught with peril, for it is an inconstant place of shifting reality, capricious lies and untruths. The seeker after truth must have a care he is not deceived, for false knowledge is far more dangerous than ignorance. All men wish to possess knowledge, but few are willing to pay the price. Always men will seek to take the short cut, the quick route to power, and it is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that will lure him to evil ways. True knowledge is gained only after the acquisition of wisdom. Without wisdom, a powerful person does not become more powerful, he becomes reckless. His power will turn on him and eventually destroy all he has built.\\\
I have walked paths no man can know and faced [[TheLegionsOfHell the unnameable creatures of the Warp]]. I understand all too well the secrets and dangers that lurk in its hidden darkness. Such things are not for lesser minds to know; no matter how powerful or knowledgeable they believe themselves to be. The secrets I have shared serve as warnings, not enticements to explore further. Only death and damnation await those who pry too deeply into secrets not meant for mortals.\\\I see now I have allowed my sons to delve too profoundly into [[ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow matters I should never have permitted them to know even existed]]. Let it be known that no one shall suffer censure, for this conclave is to serve Unity, not discord. But no more shall the threat of sorcery be allowed to taint the warriors of the Astartes. Henceforth, it is my will that no Legion will maintain a Librarius department. All its warriors and instructors must be returned to the battle companies and never again employ any psychic powers.\\\

->Finally, [[VillainOverride everyone was working together]].
-->-- '''Khepri''', ''Literature/{{Worm}}''

->Hey, [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark]], if anything can turn a law-abiding citizen into a card-carrying serial-killer, it's [[GreenRocks Kryptonite.]]

->If you ask me, these [[MagicKnight Templars]] are just as crazy as [[TheFundamentalist my brother.]] What is it about [[PsychicPowers Psionic energy]] that seems to drive them so completely ''mad?''

->[[HearingVoices The voices...]] [[AnIcePerson They tell me to freeze the world...]] [[AGodAmI I am the end and the beginning.]] [[SanitySlippage I am the hand of madness.]]

[[TeenGenius Nerd computer ace]]\\

He's [[SuperStrength strong]] and [[SuperSpeed super-quick]]\\

'Cause [[FunPersonified he's]] [[CloudCuckooLander a]] [[CrazyAwesome lunatic!]]

[[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Aside from in a literal sense]]\\

->''"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."''
-->-- '''Lord Acton'''

->''"I have both held and beheld unlimited power and of it I know but one thing. It drives men mad."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat'''

->''"Is sanity the price to pay... for power?"''
-->-- '''Dante''', ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4''

->''"Sanity... is for the weak!"''
-->-- '''Followers of Chaos''', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''

->''"Hey, [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark]], if anything can turn a law-abiding citizen into a card carrying serial-killer, it's [[GreenRocks Kryptonite.]]"''
-->-- '''Chloe''', ''Series/{{Smallville}}''

->''"Power corrupts. Absolute power is even more fun!"''

->''"Sense is for the weak!"''
-->-- '''Midbus''', ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' [[note]]probably making a ShoutOut to ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''[[/note]]

->''"Finally, [[VillainOverride everyone was working together]]."''

->Check out Dexter Douglas\\
[[TeenGenius Nerd computer ace]]\\
Went surfing on the internet\\
And was zapped to cyberspace\\

->He turned into the Freakazoid\\
He's [[SuperStrength strong]] and [[SuperSpeed super-quick]]\\
He drives the villains crazy\\
'Cause [[FunPersonified he's]] [[CloudCuckooLander a]] [[CrazyAwesome lunatic!]]
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' theme song

->''"The [presidential] chair is accursed! Any good men that sit on it become evil."''
-->-- '''[[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Emiliano Zapata]]''' [[note]] He was quite horrified when he was asked to sit on the Presidential Chair for a photograph along with several other revolutionary leaders.[[/note]]

->''"[[HearingVoices The voices...]] [[AnIcePerson They tell me to freeze the world...]] [[AGodAmI I am the end and the beginning.]] [[SanitySlippage I am the hand of madness.]]"''
-->-- '''Ice Prince Finn''', ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''

->''"Hear now the words of my ruling.''

->''I am not blind to the needs of the Imperium, but nor am I blind to the realities of the hearts of men. I hear men speak of knowledge and power as though they are abstract concepts to be employed as simply as a sword or gun. They are not. Power is a living force, and the danger with power is obsession. A man who attains a measure of power will find it comes to dominate his life until all he can think of is the acquisition of more. Nearly all men can stand adversity, but few can stand the ultimate test of character, that of wielding power without succumbing to its darker temptations.''

->''Peering into the darkness to gain knowledge of the [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace Warp]] is fraught with peril, for it is an inconstant place of shifting reality, capricious lies and untruths. The seeker after truth must have a care he is not deceived, for false knowledge is far more dangerous than ignorance. All men wish to possess knowledge, but few are willing to pay the price. Always men will seek to take the short cut, the quick route to power, and it is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that will lure him to evil ways. True knowledge is gained only after the acquisition of wisdom. Without wisdom, a powerful person does not become more powerful, he becomes reckless. His power will turn on him and eventually destroy all he has built.''

->''I have walked paths no man can know and faced [[TheLegionsOfHell the unnameable creatures of the Warp]]. I understand all too well the secrets and dangers that lurk in its hidden darkness. Such things are not for lesser minds to know; no matter how powerful or knowledgeable they believe themselves to be. The secrets I have shared serve as warnings, not enticements to explore further. Only death and damnation await those who pry too deeply into secrets not meant for mortals.''

->''I see now I have allowed my sons to delve too profoundly into [[ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow matters I should never have permitted them to know even existed]]. Let it be known that no one shall suffer censure, for this conclave is to serve Unity, not discord. But no more shall the threat of sorcery be allowed to taint the warriors of the Astartes. Henceforth, it is my will that no Legion will maintain a Librarius department. All its warriors and instructors must be returned to the battle companies and never again employ any psychic powers.''

->''Woe betide he who ignores my warning or breaks faith with me. He shall be my enemy, and I will visit such destruction upon him and all his followers that, until the end of all things, he shall rue the day he turned from my light."''
-->-- '''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} The Emperor of Mankind]]''' at the [[Literature/HorusHeresy Council of Nikaea]].

-->-- ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', "[[MirrorUniverse In A Mirror, Darkly]]"

->''"Sanity? I never had such a useless thing in the first place!"''
-->-- '''Zaraki Kenpachi''', ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''

->''"Why do you have to look up to her?\\

Comes with a bigger expense?"''
-->-- '''Pearl''', "Strong in the Real Way,", ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'',

->'''Armin Zola''': [[ComicBook/RedSkull Schmidt]] believes he walks in the footsteps of the gods. Only the world itself will satisfy him.\\
'''Col. Phillips''': You do realize that's nuts, don't you?\\
'''Armin Zola''': The sanity of the plan is of no consequence.\\
'''Col. Phillips''': And why is that?\\
'''Armin Zola''': Because ''he can do it!''
-->-- ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''

->''(after a whole song of {{Badass Boast}}s)''\\
''Power gets to your head,\\
I know 'cuz it's changing mine!''
-->-- '''Jt Machinima''', "[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare Want It All]]"

->''Witches didn’t fear much, Miss Tick had said, but what the powerful ones were afraid of, even if they didn’t talk about it, was what they called ‘going to the bad’. It was too easy to slip into careless little cruelties because you had power and other people hadn’t, too easy to think other people didn’t matter much, too easy to think that ideas like right and wrong didn’t apply to you. At the end of that road was you dribbling and cackling to yourself all alone in a gingerbread house, growing warts on your nose.''
-->-- ''Discworld/AHatFullOfSky''

->''"With great power comes great irresponsibility."''
-->-- '''{{Tagline}}''' for ''Film/Deadpool2016''

->''"You've lost your mind."''
-->-- '''Monsoon''' after seeing '''Raiden''' turn into '''Jack the Ripper''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''

->'''Nova:''' Look at [the Annihilation Wave]. Millions of them. Don't you just want to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge stop and dish some out]]?\\
'''Worldmind:''' No. That would not be appropriate.\\
'''Nova:''' Yes, dad.\\
'''Worldmind:''' Richard, concentrate on your breathing. Elevated stress and aggression can impair your ability to manage the burden of the Nova Force.\\
'''Nova:''' ''[[SlasherSmile grinning maniacally]])'' Burden? It feels like I've got a star singing inside me. I could do anything.\\
'''Worldmind:''' Attention, Richard. It is critical that you-\\
'''Nova:''' I could do ''anything'' and ''nothing'' could stop me!
-->--''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}: Nova''

-->-- '''Dante''', ''[[Franchise/DevilMayCry Devil May Cry 4]]''

->''"Power corrupts. Absolute power is even more fun!."''

I know 'cuz it's changing mine!''.
-->-- '''Jt Machinima''' [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare Want it all]]

-->-- '''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''', "[[MirrorUniverse In A Mirror, Darkly]]"

-->-- ''Discworld/AHatFullOfSky ''

->''"Money drives college presidents mad. Full stop."''
-->-- '''[[https://www.prescottpapers.com/ Prescott Papers]]'''

[[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Aside from in a literal sense\\

Comes with a bigger expense?]]"''

->''"Don't ya know that a power that big comes with a bigger expense?"''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "Strong in the Real Way,"

->''(after a whole song of BadassBoasts)''\\

--> -- '''Lord Acton'''

--> -- '''UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat'''

-->-- '''Dante''', '''''VideoGame/DevilMayCry 4'''''

-->-- '''Followers of Chaos''', '''''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'''''

-->-- '''Chloe''', '''''Series/{{Smallville}}'''''

-->-- '''Midbus''', '''''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''''' [[note]]probably making a ShoutOut to ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''[[/note]]

->''"Finally, [[VillainOverride everyone was working together]].

->-- '''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}''' theme

->"The [presidential] chair is accursed! Any good men that sit on it become evil."
-->--'''[[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Emiliano Zapata]]''' [[note]] He was quite horrified when he was asked to sit on the Presidential Chair for a photograph along with several other revolutionary leaders.[[/note]]

-->--'''Ice Prince Finn''', ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''

->" ''Hear now the words of my ruling.''

-> ''I am not blind to the needs of the Imperium, but nor am I blind to the realities of the hearts of men. I hear men speak of knowledge and power as though they are abstract concepts to be employed as simply as a sword or gun. They are not. Power is a living force, and the danger with power is obsession. A man who attains a measure of power will find it comes to dominate his life until all he can think of is the acquisition of more. Nearly all men can stand adversity, but few can stand the ultimate test of character, that of wielding power without succumbing to its darker temptations.''

-> ''Peering into the darkness to gain knowledge of the [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace Warp]] is fraught with peril, for it is an inconstant place of shifting reality, capricious lies and untruths. The seeker after truth must have a care he is not deceived, for false knowledge is far more dangerous than ignorance. All men wish to possess knowledge, but few are willing to pay the price. Always men will seek to take the short cut, the quick route to power, and it is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that will lure him to evil ways. True knowledge is gained only after the acquisition of wisdom. Without wisdom, a powerful person does not become more powerful, he becomes reckless. His power will turn on him and eventually destroy all he has built.''

-> ''I have walked paths no man can know and faced [[TheLegionsOfHell the unnameable creatures of the Warp]]. I understand all too well the secrets and dangers that lurk in its hidden darkness. Such things are not for lesser minds to know; no matter how powerful or knowledgeable they believe themselves to be. The secrets I have shared serve as warnings, not enticements to explore further. Only death and damnation await those who pry too deeply into secrets not meant for mortals.''

-> ''I see now I have allowed my sons to delve too profoundly into [[ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow matters I should never have permitted them to know even existed]]. Let it be known that no one shall suffer censure, for this conclave is to serve Unity, not discord. But no more shall the threat of sorcery be allowed to taint the warriors of the Astartes. Henceforth, it is my will that no Legion will maintain a Librarius department. All its warriors and instructors must be returned to the battle companies and never again employ any psychic powers.''

-> ''Woe betide he who ignores my warning or breaks faith with me. He shall be my enemy, and I will visit such destruction upon him and all his followers that, until the end of all things, he shall rue the day he turned from my light.''"
--> '''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} The Emperor of Mankind]]''' at the [[Literature/HorusHeresy Council of Nikaea]].

->'''Zaraki Kenpachi:''' Sanity? I never had such a useless thing in the first place!

->''Don't ya know that a power that big comes with a bigger expense?''
-->"Strong in the Real Way," '''''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'''''