We change the world not by what we say or do, but as a consequence of what we have become.
Don't expect people to change until you change your perceptions about people.
To read is to empower, To empower is to write, To write is to influence, To influence is to change, To change is to live".
Such fire was not by water to be drowned, nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
Technology has changed the way book publishing works, as it has changed everything else in the world of media.
Beth: You're changing that boy's life. Leigh Anne Touhy: No. He's changing mine.
To change her mind is a woman's prerogative, to change his mind is a man's purgatory.
we always say that nature cannot be change, but we forget that change is the name of nature
Law cannot stand aside from the social changes around it.
A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky.
To change one's mind is rather a sign of prudence than ignorance.
And in a way, this was how he had come to see his death, as a series of small ones taking place over the course of his life and leading finally to the main event, which would be so anti-climatic, so undramatic (a sudden violent seizure in his long ab...
It must not be forgotten that reason too needs to be sustained in all its searching by trusting dialogue and sincere friendship. A climate of suspicion and distrust, which can beset speculative research, ignores the teaching of the ancient philosophe...
To understand our world, we must use a revolving globe and look at the earth from various vantage points. If we do so, we will see that the Atlantic is but a bridge linking the colorful, tropical Afro-Latin American world, whose strong ethnic and cul...
Compared to forest or aquatic ecosystems, grassland is unstable. It requires rather precise geological and climatic conditions, and if these conditions are not maintained--if too much rain falls, or too little--it quickly turns into forest or desert,...
One of the major differences I see in the political climate today is that there is less collective support for coming to critical consciousness – in communities, in institutions, among friends.
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A true romantic will break the rules for the right reasons. He will not conform to the ideals bestowed upon him by society. Instead he will fight for a climate of freedom that allows him to pursue and obtain his heart's true yearning. He will appear ...
I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s...
That Detroit ultimately concentrated on automobiles could be traced to one genius, Henry Ford.... But that the necessary human energy for this development existed in Detroit could be proven through its early history.... I told him what I knew of the ...
Relationships, like all human experiences, are transient; they change every day and are meant to be enjoyed in the present. When I hear people say you need to "work" at a relationship, what that often really means is just seeing through the day-to-da...