Chandogya Upanishad 7.8.1

7.8.1

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 ākīṭapataṅgapipīlakam \
balena lokas tiṣṭhati \
balam upāssveti \\708.1\

'Strength surely is greater than understanding. A single man with strength causes even a hundred men with understanding to tremble. When a man becomes strong, then he rises; rising, he serves; serving, he approaches nearer; approaching nearer, he sees, hears, reflects, understands, acts and realizes. By strength, indeed, the earth stands; by strength, the sky; by strength, heaven; by strength, the mountains; by strength, gods and men; by strength, cattle and birds, grasses and trees, beasts down to worms, flying insects and ants; by strength the world stands. Worship strength.