True Power quotes
45 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Even if you achieve your outer purpose, it will never satisfy you if you haven't found your inner purpose, which is awakening, being present, being in alignment with life. True power comes out of the presence; it is the presence."
"True Power is within, and it is available now."
"Power over others is weakness disguised as strength."
"True power and true politeness are above vanity."
"Education without social action is a one-sided value because it has no true power potential. Social action without education is a weak expression of pure energy. Deeds uninformed by educated thought can take false directions. When we go into action and confront our adversaries, we must be as armed with knowledge as they. Our policies should have the strength of deep analysis beneath them to be able to challenge the clever sophistries of our opponents."
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"Education without social action is a one-sided value because it has no true power potential."
"There is only one perpetrator of evil on the planet: human unconsciousness. That realization is true forgiveness. With forgiveness, your victim identity dissolves, and your true power emerges--the power of Presence. Instead of blaming the darkness, you bring in the light."
"The true power is in the imagination which dares to speculate upon that which is not yet. The imagination, backed by great expectations, can bring about almost any reality within the range of probabilities."
"True power is stillness within motion."
"Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force."
"True power comes from standing in your own truth and walking your own path."
"True power is given to the vulnerable."
"Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha."
