The shape of our lives is defined by our insertion into institutions and systems whose interlocking power generates the "virtual reality" we experience. Such 'knowledge' is so thoroughly a part of our worldview that it simply would not occur to most people to question it. Yet underneath this reality is another, subinstitutional reality in which very different responses are simply acted out. This is the reality in which everyone, until very recently, lived. -David Schwartz.
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.
He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.
He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.
A change came o'er the spirit of my dream.
A change came o'er the spirit of my dream.
We emphasize that we believe in change because we were born of it, we have lived by it, we prospered read more
We emphasize that we believe in change because we were born of it, we have lived by it, we prospered and grew great by it. So the ;status quo has never been our god, and we ask no one else to bow down before it.
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.
The great thing is, if one can, to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions in one's "own" or read more
The great thing is, if one can, to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions in one's "own" or "real" life. The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one's life.
I've never met a person, I don't care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. I don't read more
I've never met a person, I don't care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. I don't care how much a man may ;consider himself a failure, I believe in him, for he can change the thing that is wrong in his life any time he is ready and prepared to do it. Whenever he develops the desire, he can take away from his life the thing that is defeating it. The capacity for reformation and change lies within.
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of read more
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change read more
Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.
