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We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to read more
We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions. -Jessamyn West.
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.
Whose foot is on the treadle/That turns the burning stars/Has spun the world half way round/Since last I called/Come down, read more
Whose foot is on the treadle/That turns the burning stars/Has spun the world half way round/Since last I called/Come down, come down.
That stars that in September/Looked through the mournful rain/Now set their sight again/Upon a world half night, half light
Men of distant years have said/That much depends on change of seasons/On solstices and equinox/And they have given reasons.
I disagree./Too much turns on inadvertence/On what seems to be/An accident of hand and knee/A chance sunrise/A glance of eyes.
We are restless because of incessant change, but we would be frightened if change were stopped.
We are restless because of incessant change, but we would be frightened if change were stopped.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change.
If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change.
Even though we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the read more
Even though we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the tears fall or the smile spreads across our face, we'll come to each other because no matter where this crazy world takes us, nothing will ever change so much to the point where we're not all still friends.
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.