#chan

Even today we don't pay serious attention to the issue of poverty, because the powerful remain relatively untouched by it. Most people distance themselves from the issue by saying that if the poor worked harder, they wouldn't be poor. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#poverty #social-change #change

There was something behind the softness that intertwined our fingers together—love? It felt different from two days ago. All I could think about was his smooth hand, wrapped in mine. It was more than affection—but I wasn’t sure how much more, or if that would ever change. ↗

— Alysha Speer

#derek #hand #kill #kiss #life

the times we worked harder to make the day stand out. our story demanded that we change and so we did. ↗

— Donald Miller

#change

May I ask you something?" I say. "Why do you read books, when you could be outside, living a million different adventures every day?" "Because you can always count on a book to stay the same. EVerything else changes when you least expect it," she replies, bitter. "Families split apart, and nothing's forever. In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#oliver #change

But what could you do? Only keep going. People kept going; they had been doing it for thousands of years. You took the kindness offered, letting it seep as far in as it could go, and the remaining dark crevices you carried around with you, knowing that over time they might change into something almost bearable. ↗

— Elizabeth Strout

#change

I believe order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole I think that knowledge is preferable to ignorance, and I am sure that human sympathy is more valuable than ideology. I believe that in spite of the recent triumphs of science, men haven't changed much in the last two thousand years; and in consequence we must try to learn from history. ↗

— Kenneth Clark

#credo #culture #history #change

Time changes nothing, girl, but the size of your underwear. . .and hopefully your hairdo. ↗

— Minton Sparks

#philosophy-of-life #poet #storyteller #change

I was enjoying myself now. I had taken two finger bowls of champagne and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental and profound. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#change

It’s obvious you kids are smart-school and good teachers will do that for you-but wisdom is something altogether different. Wisdom can be gathered in your downtime. Wisdom that can change the very course of your life will come from the people you are around, the books you read, and the things you listen to or watch on radio or television. ↗

— Andy Andrews

#wisdom #change

If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind. ↗

— Aaron Sorkin

#obligation #writing #change