"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends ...












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More George Bernard Shaw quotes
"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
"[Man] progresses in all things by resolutely making a fool of himself.
"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.
"A man learns to skate by staggering about and making a fool of himself. Indeed he progresses in all things by resolutely making a fool of himself.
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends ...
"All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging curre...