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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Modesty is the clothing of talent.
The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.
We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.
Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.
I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.
Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.
Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'
We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.
There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.
Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.