Quotes About Change

Here is a version that I have adapted for use in the West. Close

In the past, changing the self and changing the world were often regarded as separate endeavors and viewed in either-or terms. But in the story of the Great Turning, they are recognized as mutually reinforcing and essential to one another.

Only God can make a tree and She seldom tries, nowadays.)

Civilization must be preserved,' says he. 'Civilization's doing fine,' I said. 'We just don't happen to be where it is.

though we all applaud the thought of transformation, most of us don't appreciate the process that gets us there. To be transformed means we have to change, and change too often hurts.

Take my struggles and use them for your glory. But whatever you do, please don't leave me the same.

You didn't hurt me, babe," he said. "You marked me. Big difference. That night was the most important thing that's ever happened in my life. Holding you, catching Noah—it changed me forever. I didn't want to forget. So when the bruises started to fade, I went and got them inked, so I couldn't.

Shit," Clutch said after a few minutes. "The high-def has totally ruined porn. Are those ingrown hairs?

Things had changed between us in a profound way, something I think we both knew. All our fighting and nitpicking seemed so silly now. So did my endless agonizing about whether or not I should be with him. Once a man disposes of a body for you, the moral high ground has been lost.

Last night was a game changer, so far as I'm concerned. I gave you your space, let you go. But you came back, so now you're fair game. I'm done being the nice guy.

Decided it's time to get a new phone, that's all." "What was wrong with the old one?" Ruger asked, his voice mild. "It broke.

Angry Ruger? Fine. Horny Ruger? I'd gotten used to that, too. But Ruger as a gentle lover? I didn't have room for that in my head, not if I wanted to survive and move forward with my life.

I know it's hard to believe because I'm such a giant asshole, but I don't want you to be unhappy.

Horse had been by himself for a long time, and he was in need of the occasional attitude adjustment. I'd already lived with one asshole and I wasn't in the market for another one.

It's a .38," he said proudly. "I know you're a .22 girl, but it's time for us to take the next step in our relationship.

Democracy is an ongoing conversation between the governed and their governors; it should come as no surprise that dramatic changes in the modes of conversation cause dramatic changes in democracies themselves.

Change isn't always comfortable, but it is a fact of life.

things have to break down for the new thing to come in.

Era de izquierdas, pero ahora no lo soy tanto porque tengo ojos y oídos

El amor es una epidemia que se acaba con el tiempo.

Man is...a thinking erratum, that's what he is. Every season of life is an edition that corrects the one before and which will also be corrected itself until the definitive edition, which the publisher gives to the worms gratis.

Give a man five years, and, with unfortunate exceptions of course, he will find his level on the Pacific, and his place, whether high or low, as naturally as a stream of water.

The reason I keep making movies is I hate the last thing I did. I'm trying to rectify my wrongs.

He was never quite at home in what we may call our post-positivist era