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One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. read more
One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people\'s minds.
Never swap horses crossing a stream.
Never swap horses crossing a stream.
Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better.
Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better.
When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.
When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
We begin by being dupe, and end by being rogue.
[Fr., On commence par etre dupe,
On read more
We begin by being dupe, and end by being rogue.
[Fr., On commence par etre dupe,
On finit par etre fripon.]
No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on
this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another read more
No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on
this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his
mind.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta
sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.]
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it read more
If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
