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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Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.
Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.
One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.
We'reeyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.
Silenceis argument carried out by other means.
If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.
Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.
Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.
If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.
In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.
If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.