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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Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.
Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.
Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character
It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.
Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.
The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.
Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.
Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.
Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.
In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.
A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.