"There are very few philosophers and artists who are absolutely detached from ambition and respect for power, from "pe…"

"In classical cultures, an ascended class had to justify itself before those now below in the social structure. But th…"

"Ambition first sprung from your blest abodes; The glorious fault of Angels and of Gods."

"Ambition is the grand enemy of all peace."

"If any man stopped and asked himself whether he’s ever held a truly personal desire, he’d find the answer. He’d see t…"

"I am not unambitious. I am just too ambitious for what you call ambitions."

"All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority, otherwise called ambition."

"Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive, of our actions; and although it happen not to attend the worthy de…"

"Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of Kings."

"The money that we possess is the instrument of liberty, that which we lack and strive to obtain is the instrument of …"