The reasonable man

The reasonable man
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
  

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Nevermistake silence for agreement.
Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
The hardeststep is over the threshold.
The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.
Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.
Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.
Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?
If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.
Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.
Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.
Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free