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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Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.
Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.
Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.
Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment
Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.
Liberation is not deliverance.
A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.
Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.