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 purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.
Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.
Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.
Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.
Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.
It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.
Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.
Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends
Life cannot go on without much forgetting.
In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.