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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It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.
Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.
Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.
A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.
Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.
Example is better than following it.
Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.
No strength within, no respect without.
One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.
Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.