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.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Progress Quotes, Reason Quotes, World Quotes

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one...

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

Schools must not become the agencies through which propaganda advocated by any section of society...

Schools must not become the agencies through which propaganda advocated by any section of society...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be...

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be...

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

The man who listens to Reason is lost: Reason enslaves all whose minds are not...

The man who listens to Reason is lost: Reason enslaves all whose minds are not...

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth

Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in...

Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in...

Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time....

Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time....