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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If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.
Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.
Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.
We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.
Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.
It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.
Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.
Melancholy is the joy of being said.