Far better to

Far better to
Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to
  

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If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.
Real swaraj will come not by the acquisition of authority by a few but by the acquisition of capacity by all to resist authority when it is abused
Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history
Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.
Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.
Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.
This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.
The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.