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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The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.
Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.
If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.
All thingsat first appear difficult.
Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.
The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.
Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.
There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.
If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.