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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The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.
No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.
Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.
Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.
If youare 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.
Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.
There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.
Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.
If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.
There is no knowledge that is not power.
Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.