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. Marianne Williamson
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. M. Scott Peck
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. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself. Noam Chomsky
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. Simone de Beauvoir
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. Honore de Balzac
One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are. Cal Thomas
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. James Allen
Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit. Chuck Palahniuk
Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life. Benjamin Disraeli
Real politics are the possession and distribution of power. Benjamin Disraeli
I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done. Robert Downey, Jr.
The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition. John Ruskin
The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do. Benjamin Disraeli
The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another. George Eliot
When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. Rene Descartes
The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it. John Ruskin
The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking, and its right to exist is coextensive with its power of resisting extinction by its rivals. Thomas Huxley