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    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.

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Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, read more

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Change Quotes,
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Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss read more

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

by John F. Kennedy Found in: Change Quotes,
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What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of read more

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.

by Pericles Found in: Change Quotes,
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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.

by Lyman Lloyd Bryson Found in: Change Quotes,
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How chang'd since last her speaking eye
Glanc'd gladness round the glitt'ring room,
Where high-born men were read more

How chang'd since last her speaking eye
Glanc'd gladness round the glitt'ring room,
Where high-born men were proud to wait--
Where Beauty watched to imitate.

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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.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Change Quotes,
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The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstacy read more

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstacy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed. -I. Krishnamurti.

by I. Krishnamurti Found in: Change Quotes,
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Change is the nature of the universe.

Change is the nature of the universe.

by I Ching Found in: Change Quotes,
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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.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Change Quotes,
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