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 tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.
Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.
Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.
In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.
When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.
The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.
Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.
Buying ischeaper than asking.
The present is never a happy state to any being