The real purpose

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

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Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

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

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

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