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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The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.
An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty
Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.
The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.
To exaggrerate is to weaken.
A state with defective laws will have defective morals.
Necessitynever made a good bargain.
Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.
Adversityis the foundation of virtue.
We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.
Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.