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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I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.
Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.
The comforter's head never aches.
Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.
The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.
Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.
Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them
Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.
Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.
Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.
You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.