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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People loan their trust, they don't give it.
All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.
Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.
Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.
... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen
Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.
Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.
Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.
The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.
Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.
If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.