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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It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.
Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.
No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.
Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.
In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.
All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.
If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.
There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.
Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.
Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.