I find this takes more silence than I enjoy but power builds with silence and decays when released. If the judgment is sound, each decay comes to rest on higher and higher ground. It's too slow for most youth>
The elder statesman is the one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who holds no resentment over his reduced status, whose judgment, fortified by considerable experience, is sound, and who is willing to sit quietly on the sidelines patiently awaiting developments.
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