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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It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.
Money is what things run into and people run out of
If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.
He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.
Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.
The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.
The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.
Conflictisn't negative, it just is.
Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.
Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.
Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.