Power..........................

      [10]  Well, what does Zeus say?  'Epictetus, if it were possible I would have made your little body and possessions both free and unrestricted.  [11]  As it is, though, make no mistake; this body does not belong to you, it is only cunningly constructed clay.  [12]  And since I could not make the body yours, I have given you a portion of myself instead, the power of positive and negative impulse, of desire and aversion - the power, in other words, of making good use of impressions.  If you take care of it and identify with it, you will never be blocked or frustrated; you won't have to complain, and never will need to blame or flatter anyone. [13]  Is that enough to satisfy you?'

     'It's more than enough.  Thank you.'

-Epictetus, Discourses, from Book 1, Chapter 1.