It Takes Only One Independent and Effective Rational Mind
It takes only one independent and effective rational mind to change the paradigms of understanding for the rest of humankind.
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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.
from Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw
If you want truly to understand something, try to change it.
Übermensch the ideal superior man of the future who could rise above conventional Christian morality to create and impose his own values, originally described by Nietzsche in Thus Spake Zarathustra (1883–5). Nietzsche thought that such a being could arise when...
superman (n.) 1903, coined by George Bernard Shaw to translate German Übermensch, "highly evolved human being that transcends good and evil," which is from "Also sprach Zarathustra" (1883-91), by Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900).
Source: Online Etymology Dictionary
We’ve got to act fast. Step one, we reverse the vacuum and blow the air back onto the planet.
Source: Spaceballs
Believe in me, I’m with the high command
Source: Silent Running by Mike + The Mechanics
They follow the pattern of the wind, ya see - 'Cause they got no place to be
Source: Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson
Magic, and you know you're the one who can put out the fire
Source: You Can Do Magic by America
My life, my love, my drive, it came from - Pain!
Source: Believer by Imagine Dragons
Lift me up - Give me strength to press on
Source: America by Imagine Dragons
Like Spud Webb I go to war with the giants, cause they just pawns in the game, but I'm a lord of the science
I'm overcoming gravity I'm overcoming gravity
Source: Aeroplane by Red Hot Chili Peppers
I get so tired of working so hard for our survival
Source: In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel
Over and in, last call for sin - While everyone's lost, the battle is won, with all these things that I've done
Source: All These Things That I’ve Done by The Killers
In the latest midnight hour, when the world has gone to sleep, you gotta get up
Source: The River by Imagine Dragons
If I stole, somebody else's waves to fly up
Source: Super Bon Bon by Soul Coughing
Don't you tell me what you think that I can be - I'm the one at the sail, I'm the master of my sea
Source: Believer by Imagine Dragons
If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it - Anything you want to, do it - Want to change the world? There's nothing to it
Source: Pure Imagination by Willy Wonka
To escape the world, I've got to enjoy that simple dance - And it seemed that everything was on my side
Source: Blood on the Dance Floor by Michael Jackson
Move me on to any black square, use me any time you want
Source: I’ve Seen All Good People by Yes
I wanna turn the whole thing upside down - I'll find the things they say just can't be found
Source: Upside Down by Jack Johnson
I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones - Enough to make my system blow
Source: Radioactive by Imagine Dragons
By and by we'll defy, a little bit of gravity
Source: Kokomo by The Beach Boys
Keeping dumb and built to beat - If you steal my sunshine
Source: Steal My Sunshine by Len
We're always happy, Life's for livin' yeah that's our philosophy
Source: In the Summertime by Mungo Jerry
They think that love's a lie, But we can teach them how to try
Source: Love Makes the World Go Round by Madonna
The lengths that I will go to The distance in your eyes Oh no, I've said too much I set it up
Source: Losing My Religion by R.E.M.
You know darn well, when you cast your spell, you will get your way - When you hypnotize with your eyes, a heart of stone can turn to clay
Source: You Can Do Magic by America
I was trying to find my way - I was thinking my mind was made, but you were making my heart change shape - It's all that I could take
Source: Phoenix by Big Red Machine
Maybe, I don't really want to know, how your garden grows, 'cause I just want to fly
Source: Live Forever by Oasis
You could try and take us - But victory's contagious
Source: Glory and Gore by Lorde
When illusion spin her net, I'm never where I want to be - And liberty she pirouette, when I think that I am free
Source: Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel
Don't wait for an invitation, No need for reservation - This life is an exploration and you gotta see, what I see in you
Source: One Minute More by Capital Cities
There is a road, no simple highway - Between the dawn and the dark of night - And if you go, no one may follow - That path is for your steps alone
Source: Ripple by Grateful Dead
Every day, every hour, turn the pain into power
Source: Superheroes by The Script
I am, I am, I am Superman and I know what's happening - I am, I am, I am Superman and I can do anything
Source: Superman (R.E.M.) by R.E.M.
Hide you in my coat pocket, where I kept my rebel red - Felt I was invincible, you wrapped around my head
Source: Chlorine by Twenty One Pilots