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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Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.
A Leader is a dealer in hope.
The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.
It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.
Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.
Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.
Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…
Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side
The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.