I suppose. Strength means security and freedom, if you know not to become too strong that you draw unwanted attention.

[That was the fine balance he had needed to walk - to become powerful enough that job security was never an issue, but not so strong that they were deemed as a threat needing to be exterminated - or worse, to draw the eye of the Church. Rhea was someone to be avoided at all costs, and even allying with the Kingdom Forces had been cutting it too fine for Jeralt. Byleth had to do the equivalent of diving into bushes whenever he saw Church uniforms at the encampment...]

Or be dehumanised...

[Ashen Demon, he was called. Coldhearted, unfeeling, monstrous. He had never understood the accusations. He struggled to express himself, but there was nothing unfeeling about him. But perhaps, he wondered, perhaps some animal instinct in them realised there was something wrong with him, that understood he was not like them. Humans would be prey to the likes of Sothis - they could probably sense it in him too, however subconsciously.]

Not that I was very human to begin with. As I told you in Alenroux, I'm only half-human at most.