The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

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.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

A half truth is a whole lie.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho