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.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

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

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.