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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I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.
The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.
Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.
The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.
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.
A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.
Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.
Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.
If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.