The real purpose

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

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Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

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