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.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

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.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.