Thedirect use of

Thedirect use of
Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.
  

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Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.
A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.
A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.
The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.
It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.
The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.
Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.
Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.