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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Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.
Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.
Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?
Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
Melancholy is the joy of being said.
It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.
One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.
Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to
Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.
Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.
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.