Far better to

Far better to
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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Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.
It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.
The greatest prayer is patience.
A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.
I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.
We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.
Life cannot go on without much forgetting.
Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.
Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall 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.
Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.
To be preparedis half the victory.
I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.