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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A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.
The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.
The wise man reads both books and life itself.
To beprepared is half the victory.
The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.
All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags
Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.
The art of writing is the art of restraint.
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.