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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. read more
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
And striving to be Man, the worm
Mounts through all the spires of form.
And striving to be Man, the worm
Mounts through all the spires of form.
A man prepared has half fought the battle.
[Sp., Hombre apercebido medio combatido.]
A man prepared has half fought the battle.
[Sp., Hombre apercebido medio combatido.]
Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.
Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.
There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move!
There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move!
Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like
clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and read more
Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like
clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and set
to true time.
Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train.
Are you going sixty miles an read more
Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train.
Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty
miles an hour and you're just sitting still?
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.
Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.