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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Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.
Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.
Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.
Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.
Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.
When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.
A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.
Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid
Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.
Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.