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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There is no knowledge that is not power.
Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.
It's good to shut up sometimes.
Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.
What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.
Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.
Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.
A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out
Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived
No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.
People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.