The real purpose

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

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Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.
All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.
Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.
A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.
Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.
He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.
The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.
you salute your duty,you need not salute anybody. But if u pollute ur duty, u hav 2 salute every body.... -ABDUL KALAM
All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags