It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for read more

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

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.

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.

All change is not growth; all movement is not forward.

All change is not growth; all movement is not forward.

None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, read more

None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting a few months or a few years to change all the tenor of our lives.

Ignorance is always afraid of change.

Ignorance is always afraid of change.

We change, whether we like it or not

We change, whether we like it or not

The shape of our lives is defined by our insertion into institutions and systems whose interlocking power generates the "virtual read more

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.

If you don't like what you're doing, you can always pick up your needle and move to another groove.

If you don't like what you're doing, you can always pick up your needle and move to another groove.