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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Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.
Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.
Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind
The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.
It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.
If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.
You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.
It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.
Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'
Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant