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Ignorance is always afraid of change.
Ignorance is always afraid of change.
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
It really changed my life. When we split up, something changed, permanently, in me. My heart sort of broke that read more
It really changed my life. When we split up, something changed, permanently, in me. My heart sort of broke that day, and it will never be the same.
The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while read more
The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.
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.
It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.
It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.
Longing not so much to change things as to overturn them.
[Lat., Non tam commutandarum, quam evertendarum rerum cupidi.]
Longing not so much to change things as to overturn them.
[Lat., Non tam commutandarum, quam evertendarum rerum cupidi.]
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?]
Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and read more
Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.