One ofthe lessons

One ofthe lessons
One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.
  

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Suspicion begets suspicion.
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.
Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges
To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.
Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.
Genius is a long impatience.
One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.
I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.
We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.
God made time, but man made haste.
A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.