The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it. The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible.

Ram Dass
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It is a fact of life that we do not get everything we want and we can never have everything we want. That is because power is never simply given out, especially when we are in the process of obtaining it. The moment we want power, we will get it no matter what. The paradox here is that while we desire power, our desire for power often leads to the complete opposite result.

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