In our natural state, we are glorious beings. In the world of illusion, we are lost and imprisoned, slaves to our appetites and our will to false power.

The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one.

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.

The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves.

You can't trust anybody with power.