The delusion of having wisdom creates the dangerous delusion of having power, leading to disaster. - Vernon Howard

The only activities of true value are those which aim at inner transformation.

Turning to God, Truth, Reality, simply means to let go, even fearfully at first, of our self-centered ideas.

You are not your cluster of memorized ideas about yourself. Awareness of this dissolves both the cluster and the belief that others can control you. If you have a self-image of being a desirable person, others can control you by flattering it, but can they control if you have no such image?