The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
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Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
[Lat., Ne spegner puo per star nell'acqua il foco;
Ne puo stato mutar per mutar loco.]

Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.

Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.

Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed.

Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed.

Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say
a year hence, but read more

Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say
a year hence, but this evening?
[Lat., An id exploratum cuiquam potest esse, quomodo sese
habitarum sit corpus, non dico ad annum sed ad vesperam?]

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present read more

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.

Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on their own read more

Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on their own bootstraps.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is read more

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.