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"If anyone thinks he can help you, he will inevitably mislead you, and the less phony he is; the more powerful he is, the more enlightened he is, the more misery and mischief he will create for you."
"Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."
"Decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent."
"Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love."
"Appetite, craving for food, is a constant and powerful stimulator of the gastric glands."
"Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential."
"The most powerful moral influence is example."
"A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude."
"Our destiny is not written for us, but by us."
"Nothing is more powerful for your future than being a gatherer of good ideas and information. That's called doing your homework."
"It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes."
"Prayer is the most powerful resource we have in this life; yet, many only turn to it as a last resort. When unbelievers pray for repentance of sin and ask for God’s forgiveness, prayer is the spiritual dynamite that obliterates the darkness and despair of a sin-soaked soul."
"Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young."
"You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself."
"Had a powerful meditation just now - caused an earthquake in Southern California. Was meditating on Shiva mantra & earth began to shake. Sorry about that."
"Alienation as we find it in modern society is almost total… Man has created a world of man-made things as it never existed before. He has constructed a complicated social machine to administer the technical machine he built. The more powerful and gigantic the forces are which he unleashes, the more powerless he feels himself as a human being. He is owned by his creations, and has lost ownership of himself."
"If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present."
"Madison Avenue is a very powerful aggression against private consciousness. A demand that you yield your private consciousness to public manipulation."
"There is a driving force more powerful than steam, electricity and nuclear power: the will."
"Be seriously involved with growing, with your own development, and never fear. Be the kind of person who is naturally powerful, positive, ingenious, open, to the highest degree. Be the best. No negativity. No weakness. No acquiescence to fear or disaster. No errors of ignorance. No evasion to reality."
