I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing read more

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

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.

Weep not that the world changes -- did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were a cause indeed to read more

Weep not that the world changes -- did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were a cause indeed to weep.

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.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is read more

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.

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.

Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.

Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.

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.

We emphasize that we believe in change because we were born of it, we have lived by it, we prospered read more

We emphasize that we believe in change because we were born of it, we have lived by it, we prospered and grew great by it. So the ;status quo has never been our god, and we ask no one else to bow down before it.