An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't changed, but that other people are behaving worse than before.
Idries ShahTag: pessimism change egocentrism
Then you must reconcile yourself to the fact that something is always hurt by any change. If you do this, you will not be hurt yourself.
Roger ZelaznyTag: pain free-will eternity time melancholy change maturity reconciliation the-keys-to-december
But everything changes. To deny change is to deny life. And the present moment contains miracles. Including an ability to see and receive the new.
Brooke BermanHe was one of those people who completely changes when they smile. Like the sun had come out.
Caroline GreenTag: change smile one-of-those-people sun-coming-out
Losing a belief in free will has not made me fatalistic—in fact, it has increased my feelings of freedom. My hopes, fears, and neuroses seem less personal and indelible. There is no telling how much I might change in the future. Just as one wouldn’t draw a lasting conclusion about oneself on the basis of a brief experience of indigestion, one needn’t do so on the basis of how one has thought or behaved for vast stretches of time in the past. A creative change of inputs to the system—learning new skills, forming new relationships, adopting new habits of attention—may radically transform one’s life.
Sam HarrisTag: determinism free-will inspiration philosophy change self-improvement
If I imagine my soul, as I do when I pray, it's shaped like Stapafel. No change of place or religion can alter that. I lived beneath Stapafel from the hour I was born until I was sixteen. I've never seen it since, but that doesn't matter. My soul is in the likeness of a jagged peak with a rock like a man standing on its summit, and snags of rock shaped like trolls along its spine. Screes defend it, although it's not quite inaccessible if you know the way up.
Margaret ElphinstoneTag: life perception soul change religion spirit
Courage is fueled by the motivation to take the first step into the unknown.
Cheryl NielsenThat's the problem with relationships," George was saying. "It's a contract. You agree to be some unchanging caricature of yourself. To act the same way all the time. Never to change. It's counter-evolutionary. How can anything new and good come into your life, if you're holding on to something that doesn't exist anymore?
Alex ShakarTag: love change relationships
We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can't use shame to change ourselves or others.
Brené BrownIt's a big question. Where do you begin to change the world?
Neal ShustermanTag: world change question unwholly
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