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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An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.
A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.
Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.
Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.
Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'
Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.
Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.
Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.
If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.
A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.
Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.