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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Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.
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.
Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.
Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.
Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.
There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.
My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.
Silenceis the mother of truth.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.