Power comes not from the barrel of a gun, but from one's awareness of his or her own cultural strength read more

Power comes not from the barrel of a gun, but from one's awareness of his or her own cultural strength and the unlimited capacity to empathize with, feel for, care, and love one's brothers and sisters.

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

The world is not a problem; the problem is your unawareness

The world is not a problem; the problem is your unawareness

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world read more

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry read more

The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does.

The closest to being in control we will ever be is in that moment that we realize we're not.

The closest to being in control we will ever be is in that moment that we realize we're not.

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... read more

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too read more

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.

The moment you say 'I know everything' is the end of your growth.

The moment you say 'I know everything' is the end of your growth.