Unless the self knows itself, and unless it loves something more than the world and itself, the self will, to be sure, rule the world, but it will itself be
governed and driven
by the spiritual hunger we call
greed, the desire to possess and enjoy infinite abundance.
The people, united, will never be defeated — unless, of course, they're living in a world
governed by fear, envy,
greed and perpetual backstabbing in the name of personal ambition and progress.