Jul 23
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that surround him. The unreasonable man adapts surrounding conditions to himself. All progress depends on the unreasonable man.

George Bernard Shaw (via topherchris)

I disagree, the reasonable man is necessary to create progress because you can’t develop as a person without the ability to adapt internally to the external. As the unreasonable man works tirelessly to alter his surroundings, he fails himself by not learning how to control his surroundings through his own outlook on situations. In the long run, progress depends on on the reasonable man’s ability to analyze, internalize, and only then alter his surroundings.