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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Past time is only eviil at a distance.
The great despisers are the greater reverers.
It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
Malicedrinketh its own poison.
Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.
Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.
Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.
Failingto plan is planning to fail.
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.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.
If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.