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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Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.
Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.
Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.
Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.
The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.
Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.
Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.
Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.
Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.