Quotes Wishes and Status Messages - Page 43

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

To teach isto learn twice.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

To err is human; to blame it on the other party is politics

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one''s freedom.

To err is human; to realy mess things up requires a computer.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

To ease another''s heartache is to forget one''s own.

There is only one curriculum, no matter what the method of education; what is basic and universal in human experience and practice, the underlying structure of culture.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Power doesn''t corrupt people, people corrupt power.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

Our power is in our ability to decide.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man''s character, give him power.