Self-knowledge is power.
“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”
“As time and space are bent by gravity, so too is truth bent by power.”
“What a curious power words have.”
“I found power in accepting the truth of who I am. It may not be a truth that others can accept, but I cannot live any other way. How would it be to live a lie every minute of your life.”
“I call that man awake who, with conscious knowledge and understanding, can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul, his whole innermost strength, desire and weakness, and knows how to reck...”
“Ask not of things to shed their veils. Unveil yourselves, and things will be unveiled.”