#it

Off goes the head of the king, and tyranny gives way to freedom. The change seems abysmal. Then, bit by bit, the face of freedom hardens, and by and by it is the old face of tyranny. Then another cycle, and another. But under the play of all these opposites there is something fundamental and permanent — the basic delusion that men may be governed and yet be free. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#freedom #change

Christianity's goal is not escape from this world. It loves this world and seeks to change it for the better. ↗

— Marcus J. Borg

#christianity #change

When people sleep, others stay awake to effect changes in the world. Every other person wakes up in the morning to a totally different world ↗

— Gossy Ukanwoke

#creativity #inspirational #change

I have been praying, too, for the first time in my life. That parson, Tugwell, he helped me see - not the error of my ways, for I knew them all to well already - but what was wanting in me. I am far from perfect, I know, but I am changed and changing still ↗

— Julie Klassen

#change

It is a melancholy illusion of those who write books and articles that the printed word survives. Alas, it rarely does. ↗

— Eric J. Hobsbawm

#writing #change

Analysis helps patients put their unconscious procedural memories and actions into words and into context, so they can better understand them. In the process they plastically retranscribe these procedural memories, so that they become conscious explicit memories, sometimes for the first time, and patients no longer need to "relive" or "reenact" them, especially if they were traumatic. (229-230) ↗

— Norman Doidge

#brain-plasticity #healing-the-past #memories #change

I really do try hard to be a good teammate. I can't run very fast, but I try to always run hard. I may strike out a lot, but I try to walk to set up the guys who are hitting after me. ↗

— Jim Thome

#always #fast #good #guys #hard

What people resist the most about spiritual healing is changing their minds. ↗

— S. Kelley Harrell

#mindfulness #soul-healing #spiritual-healing #change

The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist. ↗

— Theophile Gautier

#exist #literally #made #maker #means

Go APE: Author a great book, Publish it quickly, and Entrepreneur your way to success. Self-publishing isn’t easy, but it’s fun and sometimes even lucrative. Plus, your book could change the world. ↗

— Guy Kawasaki

#writing #writing-process #change