Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.


On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.


I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Friday, April 11, 2008

CHANGE

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
The courage to change the things I can;
And the wisdom to know the difference. …….Reinhold Niebuhr

You must be the Change you wish to see in the world. ……Mohandas Gandhi

He who rejects Change is the architect of decay ……..Harold Wilson

Change always comes bearing gifts. …….Price Pritchett

If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies. …….Author Unknown

Things do not change; We change. …….Henry David Thoreau

Everything changes; Nothing remains without Change …….Buddha

Change your thoughts and you change your World. …….Norman Vincent Peele

There is nothing permanent except Change. …….Heraclitus

When you Change the way you look at things,
The things you look at, will Change. ……Wayne Dyer

They must often Change;
Who would be constant in happiness and wisdom. …..Confucius

The man who never Changes his mind;
Is like standing water and breeds reptiles of the mind. ……William Blake

Survival of a species does not depend on strength or Intelligence;
But to the one most responsive to Change. …….Charles Darwin

If you want to truly understand something, try Changing it. …..Kurt Lewin

Change alone, is eternal, perpetual and immortal. ….Arthur Schopenhauer

Without Change, something sleeps inside us; and seldom awakens. ….Frank Herbert

Any Change, even a change for the better,
is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. ……Arnold Bennett

He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or Change his mind;
for he is not a man, that he should Change his mind. …….1 Samuel 15:29

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time.
We are the ones we've been waiting for; We are the Change that we seek.
……Barack Obama
Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe;
It can be a blessing or a curse; a dawn or a dusk. …..William A. Ward

I thought poetry could Change everything;
Now I think that poetry changes only the poet. ……Mahwood Darwish

They say time Changes everything;
But you actually have to Change them yourself. …….. Andy Warhol

Become a student of Change:
It is the only thing that remains constant. …….Anthony J. D’Angelo

It is not the strongest of the species that survive;
Nor the most intelligent,
But the most responsive to Change. …….Charles Darwin

To Change; and to change for the better,
are two different things. …….German Proverb

True life is lived when tiny Changes occur. ……Leo Tolstoy

Change starts when someone sees the next step. …….William Drayton

Be the change you want to see in the world. ……..Mohandas Gandhi

Everyone thinks of Changing the world,
but no one thinks of Changing himself. ……Leo Tolstoy

Progress is impossible without Change;
And those who cannot change their minds,
Cannot change anything. ……George Bernard Shaw.

We must carefully examine Change so that we are able to discard
those aspects of change which would be detrimental to our way of life,
and, at the same time, take advantage of those aspects of change
which will enhance and improve our quality of life. …….Alex Campbell

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