One of the lessons

One of the lessons
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.
  

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Power comes from sincere service
Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.
The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.
Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.
Stability is not immobility
Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.
Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.
Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.
Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.
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
Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.
One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.