We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance read more

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow. -Goethe.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow. -Goethe.

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.]

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -Tolstoy.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -Tolstoy.

To change one's life: 1. Starte immediately, 2. Do it flamboyantly, 3. No exceptions. -William James.

To change one's life: 1. Starte immediately, 2. Do it flamboyantly, 3. No exceptions. -William James.

Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.

Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.

Nothing is easy to the unwilling. -Thomas Fuller.

Nothing is easy to the unwilling. -Thomas Fuller.

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.

Joy comes and goes, hope ebbs and flows
Like the wave;
Change doth unknit the tranquil strength read more

Joy comes and goes, hope ebbs and flows
Like the wave;
Change doth unknit the tranquil strength of men.
Love tends life a little grace,
A few sad smiles; and then,
Both are laid in one cold place,
In the grave.