Quotes about change
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Nature’s nature was change. It was not a museum.
p. 250
It's not about knowin where you are. It's about thinkin you got there without takin anything with you. Your notions about startin over. Or anybody's. You dont start over. That's what it's about. Every step you take is forever. You cant make it go away. None of it.
Well, I guess in all honesty I would have to say that I never knew nor did I ever hear of anybody that money didnt change.
Getting hurt changed me, he said. Changed my perspective. I've moved on, in a way. Some things have fallen into place that were not there before. I thought they were, but they werent. The best way I can put it is that I've sort of caught up with myself. That's not a bad thing. It was overdue.
That is the difference between gods and men. Gods can change themselves; humans can only be changed.
People believe themselves to be dependent on what happens to them for their happiness. They don't realize that what happens is the most unstable thing in the universe. It changes constantly. They look upon the present moment as either marred by something that has happened and shouldn't have or as deficient because of something that has not happened but should have.
Awareness is the greatest agent for change.
A man could change, if only to survive.
p. 172
"If you're going to make your life in a new country you should go before you're twenty-five. After that you start to get associations, little grooves and anchors, that make it difficult to change."
p. 214
"The world is a wheel always turning."
If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America.
It is never too late to reform, as long as you have the sense to desire it, and the strength to execute your purpose.


















