The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future. 594
We foresee no limit to scientific advancement in the future, and in scientific truth there is nothing dead; science is always a living and growing body of knowledge; but art on the contrary has many times run its course to an end, and exhausted its vital power. 709
Women writers have been told, forever, that our stories were not valuable. Not as valuable as men’s stories about wars, business, power. 632
America’s political system has evolved over the last 50 years in ways that have enhanced the power of business lobbies. 616
Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards. Wherever I go I meet innovators of wind power equipment, solar energy operators. 701
In the coming years, if not sooner, social media will become a powerful tool that consumers will aggressively use to influence business attitudes and force companies into greater social responsibility – and, I suggest, move us towards a more sustainable practice of capitalism. 501
I have been, and will go on, fighting that damnable, dirty, rotten business with all the power at my command. 649
What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasingly powerless or more powerful. 478
The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself. 2.44K
The buildings that I build very often have a dreamlike reality. I don’t mean by that they have a fantasy quality at all, in fact quite the reverse. They contain in some degree the ingredients that give dreams their power… stuff that’s very close to us. 2.35K
Our dreams are firsthand creations, rather than residues of waking life. We have the capacity for infinite creativity; at least while dreaming, we partake of the power of the Spirit, the infinite Godhead that creates the cosmos. 505
I’m aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic. 2.12K
A horse is the projection of peoples’ dreams about themselves – strong, powerful, beautiful – and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence. 569
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us. 669
Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give – pleasure, possessions, power – but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy. 570
The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations. 501
When ‘happiness’ eludes us – as, eventually, it always will – we have the invitation to examine our programmed responses and to exercise our power to choose again. 514