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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Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.
you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.
Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.
Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.
Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.
Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.
You can't unscramble an egg.
Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.
By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.
I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.