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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Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.
Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.
Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.
Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.
We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience
Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.
A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.
I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.
Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination