“Every historian loves the past or should do. If not, he has mistaken his vocation; but it is a short step from loving the past to regretting that it has ever changed. Conservatism is our greatest trade-risk; and we run psychoanalysts close in the belief that the only "normal" people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anybody else.” PeopleIfsShouldRunningPastBeliefCausesStepsRiskTroubleChangedRegretNormalTradeHistorianMistakenVocationConservatism Author:A. J. P. Taylor
“I think the question is, how do we live with change? Change in our friends, change in our lovers? Change in me and change in my body, from the stroke. Things have changed this plane of consciousness. We've tried to keep things the same. It causes suffering. This suffering is another step in your spiritual life, in your spiritual journey.” ThinkingBodySpiritualSufferingCausesConsciousnessStepsJourneyChangedLoversPlanesSpiritual LifeStrokesSpiritual JourneyThings Have Changed Author:Ram Dass
“I do not believe it is the function of the judiciary to step in and change the law because the times have changed. I do well understand the difference between legislating and judging. As a judge, it is not my function to develop public policy.” BelieveWellsLawDifferencesStepsPolicyChangedJudgingFunctionPublic PolicyJudiciaryTimes Have Changed Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“Not counting Small Steps, I think Holes is my best book, in terms of plot, and setting, and the way the story revealed itself. It hasn’t changed my life, other than that I have more money than I did before I wrote it. I’m still too close to Small Steps to compare it to Holes.” ThinkingWayStillsBookStoriesTermStepsChangedHolesSettingSettingsComparePlotMore MoneyCountingChanged My LifeSmall Steps Author:Louis Sachar
“The best option for me to do was not to move. I tried, and any little nudge or step, it the cramping would get worse. It was the whole left leg ... nearly the whole left side. ... I drank a lot of fluids at halftime. I even changed my uniform.” LittlesWholeMovingLeftSidesStepsChangedLegsUniformsChampionshipDrankFluidNudgeNba ChampionshipsNba FinalsHalftime Author:LeBron James
“You must learn to forgive yourself as easily as you forgive others. And then take a further step and use all that energy that you used in condemning yourself for improving yourself. After that I really started to get somewhere - because there's only one person you can change and that's yourself. After you have changed yourself, you might be able to inspire others to look for change.” LooksPersonsUseMightAbleUsedEnergyStepsChangedInspireForgivingImprovingForgive YourselfCondemningInspire OthersImproving YourselfLearn To ForgiveYou Have ChangedCondemning Yourself Author:Peace Pilgrim