“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes”
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“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes”
“God cannot alter the past, though historians can ”
“No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or senator, and remain fit for anything else”
“Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense”
“When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations”
“There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress”
“There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations”
“Loss is nothing else but change, and change is nature's delight”
“You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore”
“Time heals grief and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same person.”
“Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way”
“Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction”
“The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come”
“Give me a lever long enough, and a prop strong enough, I can single-handed move the world”
“This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed”
“The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind”
“It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think, it is best to at least rearrange their prejudices once in a while”
“Men should stop fighting among themselves and start fighting insects”
“There are no shortcuts in evolution”
“If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable”