Spiritual power is a force which history clearly teaches has been the greatest force in the development of men. Ye. we have been merely playing with it and never have really studied it as we have the physical forces. Some day people will learn that material things do not bring happiness, and are of little use in making people creative and powerful. Then the scientists of the world will turn their laboratories over to the study of spiritual forces which have hardly been scratched.
Interpretation
Spiritual power surpasses material goods in driving human development and creativity.
In this quote, Charles Proteus Steinmetz emphasizes the significance of spiritual power in human progress, highlighting that while material possessions have dominated our focus, true happiness and creativity stem from understanding and harnessing spiritual forces. He envisions a future where society recognizes the limitations of physical wealth and redirects scientific inquiry toward the exploration of these deeper, often overlooked spiritual dimensions.
In practice
During a speech on personal growth, one might say, 'As Steinmetz noted, true power comes from spiritual understanding, not material wealth.'
Indeed, the most important part of engineering work-and also of other scientific work-is the determination of the method of attacking the problem, whatever it may be, whether an experimental investigation, or a theoretical calculation. ... It is by the choice of a suitable method of attack, that intricate problems are reduced to simple phenomena, and then easily solved.
Marking dynamos for repair $10,000.00-2 hours labor $10.00; knowing where to mark $9,990.00.
No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.
For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold novelties for him who has the eyes to see them.
There is not a thing as the wrong place, or the wrong time. We are where we are at the only time we have. Perhaps it's where we're meant to be.
Between the desire And the spasm, Between the potency And the existence, Between the essence And the descent, Falls the Shadow.
Your religion was written on tablets of stone, ours on our hearts. 8. We are part of the earth and the earth is part of us.
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
I agree with your remark about loving your enemy as far as actions are concerned. But for me the cognitive basis is the trust in an unrestricted causality. 'I cannot hate him, because he must do what he does.' That means for me more Spinoza than the prophets.
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