Far better to think

Far better to think
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 all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!
Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.
Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.
Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.
Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.
He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.
Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.
There is no knowledge that is not power.
In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.
It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.
Outside noisy, inside empty.