Losing Power Quotes

• Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

  John Steinbeck

  Fear, Loss, Power

  "The Short Reign of Pippin IV". Book by John Steinbeck, p. 102, 1957.

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• Most power is lost in one's own mind by thinking negative thoughts, by worrying about the future, by focusing on the past, as opposed to thinking positive, strong, and happy thoughts.

  Frederick Lenz

  Strong, Past, Thinking

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• It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fear

  Aung San Suu Kyi (1991). “Freedom from fear: and other writings”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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• When you allow desire, anger and frustration to dominate you, you are losing power.

  Frederick Lenz

  Frustration, Desire, Losing

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• Fear is just an idea in the mind that limits you. You cannot become enlightened if you are afraid, nor can you become happy.

  Frederick Lenz

  Ideas, Mind, Limits

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• When we experience fear, it cuts us off from our power. It cuts us off from knowledge and experience. It is a guillotine that falls and separates.

  Frederick Lenz

  Fall, Cutting, Gaining Power

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  It is not power that corrupts but fear.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Wielding Power, Corrupt Power, Power Corrupts

  Aung San Suu Kyi (1991). “Freedom from fear: and other writings”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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• If you ever care about things, that means they have power over you.

  Frederick Lenz

  Mean, Over You, Care

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• Human beings are confused, deluded and generally un-awakened. So as a person who seeks to increase their energy, you have to be very careful about who you have intimate contact with.

  Frederick Lenz

  Confused, Buddhism, Energy

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• When you deal with people, it tends to drag your energy down - if those people are in a lower auric state than you. If you meditate and they don't, then by the end of the day you tend to be more drained.

  Frederick Lenz

  People, The End Of The Day, Energy

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• In the world of power, people will come looking for you. If you're a movie star, you know what I am saying. People will come around you, little groupie types. They think that being around you they can get something.

  Frederick Lenz

  Stars, Thinking, People

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• Power comes from doing meditation, leading a controlled life, being conservative, not wasting all your energy on drugs, alcohol and sex and other pastimes. The guideline for all experience is how you feel afterwards.

  Frederick Lenz

  Sex, Meditation, Alcohol

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• When you are afraid of someone, they can gain power over you, meaning they can drop your energy level.

  Frederick Lenz

  Over You, Energy, Levels

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• Step one in overcoming fears is to make a fear list. Make a list of all the things that you are afraid of. Start out with the small fears and conquer them.

  Frederick Lenz

  Overcoming, Gaining Power, Lists

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• If your power level gets low enough, you will die. You will get in a car accident. You will pick up a disease. That is why it is very important to keep your power level high, just to be a happy human being.

  Frederick Lenz

  Car, Important, Levels

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• How to overcome fear? Be around people who are fearless.

  Frederick Lenz

  People, Fearless, Overcoming

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• Laughing at fear is one of the best things you can do. When you are afraid, instead of just plunging into panic, laugh. The fear gets really uptight and leaves.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Laughing, Balance

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• A lot of people who are involved in self-discovery lose energy to abusive teachers, to abusive friends and to entities, non-physical beings.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Discovery, Self

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• Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.

  Ai Weiwei

  Government, Chinese, Trying

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• Go out and do the things you are afraid to do gradually. Gain the power to do that through meditating. You will find yourself limitless reality that knows no fear.

  Frederick Lenz

  Reality, Finding Yourself, Gains

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• Everything starts within your own mind. The physical choices you make, drain your power or give you power. If your power is low, then you stay in lower levels of mind and you don't see opportunities.

  Frederick Lenz

  Opportunity, Giving, Choices

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• Some people are like psychic sponges, they drain power form others constantly. They lower your awareness because they are at a lower level. If you spend too much time with them, you get pulled down.

  Frederick Lenz

  Psychics, People, Levels

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• If you are losing power in your relationships, with others, then you have to try and remedy that, if you can't, you need to sever the relationship.

  Frederick Lenz

  Trying, Needs, Relationships With Others

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• There is a certain drop of a type of kundalini when you have sex.

  Frederick Lenz

  Sex, Losing, Type

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• If you are a successful person and you let a lot of people in and around your life, they can drain your power. It won't go to them, but it will leave you.

  Frederick Lenz

  Successful, People, Losing

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