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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Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol
... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen
Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.
Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.
A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.
Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.
If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.
Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.
Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.