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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Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.
If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.
In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.
Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.
Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.
Nothing is a permanent except change.
There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.
Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.
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