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 Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.
Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal
Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.
Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.
Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.
The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.
Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.
Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.
Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.
Real swaraj will come not by the acquisition of authority by a few but by the acquisition of capacity by all to resist authority when it is abused
Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.
Buying ischeaper than asking.