Chandogya Upanishad 7.8

balaṃ vāva vijñānād bhūyaḥ api ha śataṃ vijñānavatām eko balavān ākampayate sa yadā balī bhavaty athotthātā bhavati uttiṣṭhan paricaritā bhavati paricarann upasattā bhavati upasīdan draṣṭā bhavati śrotā bhavati mantā bhavati boddhā bhavati kartā bhavati vijñātā bhavati balena vai pṛthivī tiṣṭhati balenāntarikṣaṃ balena dyaur balena parvatā balena devamanuṣyā balena paśavaś ca vayāṃsi ca tṛṇavanaspatayaḥ śvāpadāny ā kīṭapataṅgapipīlakam balena lokas tiṣṭhati balam upāssveti

'Power (bala) is better than understanding. One powerful man shakes a hundred men of understanding. If a man is powerful, he becomes a rising man. If he rises, he becomes a man who visits wise people. If he visits, he becomes a follower of wise people. If he follows them, he becomes a seeing, a hearing, a perceiving, a knowing, a doing, an understanding man. By power the earth stands firm, and the sky, and the heaven, and the mountains, gods and men, cattle, birds, herbs, trees, all beasts down to worms, midges, and ants; by power the world stands firm. Meditate on power.

sa yo balam upāste yāvad balasya gataṃ tatrāsya yathākāmacāro bhavati yo balaṃ brahmety upāste asti bhagavo balād bhūya iti balād vāva bhūyo 'stīti tan me bhagavān bravītv iti

'He who meditates on power as Brahman, is, as it were, lord and master as far as power reaches—he who meditates on power as Brahman.' 'Sir, is there something better than power?' 'Yes, there is something better than power.' 'Sir, tell it me.'