The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people talking about? Are they talking about muscles, or control?

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Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's...

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's...

I'm cautious about a lot of words.

I'm cautious about a lot of words.

We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We...

We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We...

We need to work on the world so it will not be so oppressive.

We need to work on the world so it will not be so oppressive.

It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want...

It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want...

As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances...

As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances...

The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's...

The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's...

You don't know what you're going to get into when you follow your bliss.

You don't know what you're going to get into when you follow your bliss.

I think we're miserable partly because we have only one god, and that's economics.

I think we're miserable partly because we have only one god, and that's economics.

We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.

We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path....This is what I...

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path....This is what I...

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path... this is what...

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path... this is what...

The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in...

The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in...

You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody...

You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody...

Too many people have been analyzing their pasts, their childhoods, their memories, their parents, and...

Too many people have been analyzing their pasts, their childhoods, their memories, their parents, and...

We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.

We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours...

All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours...

When they talk about family values, it's in a repressive way, as if our American...

When they talk about family values, it's in a repressive way, as if our American...

We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being...

We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being...