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.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.