Power Quotes in Divergent

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

My father says—used to say—that there is power in self-sacrifice. (38.24)

Look at that interjection, that tiny little reminder that her dad is dead. (As if we'd forget.) Because her dad has—excuse us, had—a theory of power, and because he put that theory into practice, he's dead now. So was his self-sacrifice a form of power or powerlessness?