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.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of cancer cell.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

A half truth is a whole lie.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.