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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When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.
Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.
A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They
Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.
I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.
Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.
If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.