The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.

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The complex develops out of the simple.

The complex develops out of the simple.

The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the...

The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the...

Change is inevitable, growth is intentional.

Change is inevitable, growth is intentional.

The more we try to catch hold of the present moment the more elusive it...

The more we try to catch hold of the present moment the more elusive it...

There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest...

There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest...

Among the abnormal conditions present in modern industrial society are excessive density of population, isolation...

Among the abnormal conditions present in modern industrial society are excessive density of population, isolation...

Storytellers, by the very act of telling, communicate a radical learning that changes lives and...

Storytellers, by the very act of telling, communicate a radical learning that changes lives and...

When many little people, in many little locations, take many little steps, they can change...

When many little people, in many little locations, take many little steps, they can change...

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

Change is not always growth just as movement is not always progress

Change is not always growth just as movement is not always progress

Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling their missions

Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling their missions

Good change is never difficult and impossible for anyone if that is also and entirely...

Good change is never difficult and impossible for anyone if that is also and entirely...

It's a huge change for your body. You don't even want to look in the...

It's a huge change for your body. You don't even want to look in the...

People don't resist change. They resist being changed!

People don't resist change. They resist being changed!

The time to change was yesterday; the time to wake up is now.

The time to change was yesterday; the time to wake up is now.

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires...

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires...

There is nothing permanent except change.

There is nothing permanent except change.

Life is a series of commas, not periods.

Life is a series of commas, not periods.

Why is our free-enterprise system so strong?- Not because it stands still, frozen in the...

Why is our free-enterprise system so strong?- Not because it stands still, frozen in the...

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...

For a human being, nothing comes naturally. We have to learn everything we do.

For a human being, nothing comes naturally. We have to learn everything we do.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll...

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll...