How we cite our quotes: (Record.Paragraph)
Quote #10
The knife is the most durable, immortal, the most genius thing that man created. The knife was the guillotine; the knife is the universal means of solving all knots; and along the blade of a knife lies the path of paradox—the single most worthy path of the fearless mind … (20.11)
Power here is represented in a tool, man's ability to shape his environment to his choosing. But the phrase also acknowledges that that power is two-fold and can sometimes turn on its owner.