#if

A vision should be judged by the clarity of its values, not the clarity of its implementation path [in Mediated Modeling page 43] ↗

— Donella H. Meadows

#life

But change proves that you are still alive. Change often measures our tolerance for folk different from ourselves. Can we accept their languages, their customs, their garments, and their foods into our own lives? If we can, then we form bonds, bonds that make wars less likely. If we cannot, if we believe that we must do things as we have always done them, then we must either fight to remain as we are, or die ↗

— Robin Hobb

#difference #wars #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

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

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

— Minton Sparks

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

There's always tomorrow." I followed him. "Tomorrow's not going to change anything." "We'll see." "There's nothing to see. You're wasting your time." "When it concerns you, it's never a waste of my time," he replied. ↗

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

#aww #cam #cute #j-lynn #jennifer-l-armentrout

Life is limited, but by writing, and reading, we can live in different worlds, get inside the skins and minds of other people, and, in this way, push out the boundaries of our own lifes. ↗

— Joan Lingard

#life

Not all men are destined for greatness," I reminded him. "Are you sure, Fitz? Are you sure? What good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world? A sadder thing I cannot imagine. Why should not a mother say to herself, if I raise this child aright, if I love and care for her, she shall live a life that brings joy to those about her, and thus I have changed the world? Why should not the farmer that plants a seed say to his neighbor, this seed I plant today will feed someone, and that is how I changed the world today? ↗

— Robin Hobb

#philosophy-of-life #change

He wagged his finger in my face. "You're not SUPPOSED to do anything. YOU'RE the one trying to change ME. Remember? As far as I'M concerned, YOU can do anything you want." "Except criticize you." "Hey," he said, "if that's how you want to spend your life, getting on my case"--he threw out his arms--"be my guest." He turned his deep blue eyes on me. "And anyway--" He let it hang there. He was smirking. Suddenly I felt as if I were on roller skates. "What?" "I know why you're doing it." I stopped. He walked on. "Doing what?" I said. "What? Why?" I think I was babbling. He flipped his answer as blithely as a candy wrapper over his shoulder: "You know. ↗

— Jerry Spinelli

#love #change

All people hope Islam helps everything in life. Islam will make jobs. Islam will make freedom. Islam will make everything. ↗

— Ahmed Ali

#freedom #helps #hope #islam #jobs