The tormentof human

The tormentof human
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.
  

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Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.
One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.
Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.
A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.
Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.
If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.
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.
I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.
The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking
Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.