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- It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind… — Edward de Bono
- Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done… — Elspeth Huxley
- If people stopped looking on their emotions as ethereal, almost inhuman processes, and realistically viewed them as being largely composed of perceptions,… — Albert Ellis
- Many people put up with things that are unpleasant but tolerable, rather than changing them; their situation needs to become unbearable before… — Brendan Brazier
- State solutions are imposed from above; they are often without corrective devices, and cannot easily be reversed on the proof of failure.… — Roger Scruton
- After living with their dysfunctional behavior for so many years, people become invested in defending their dysfunctions rather than changing them. — Marshall Goldsmith
- Religion, politics, society are exploiting you, and you are being conditioned by them; you are being forced in a particular direction. You… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
- If you're outraged at conditions, then you can't possibly be free or happy until you devote all your time to changing them… — Cesar Chavez
- Above, far above the prejudices and passions of men soar the laws of nature. Eternal and immutable, they are the expression of… — Vilfredo Pareto
- Don't condemn yourself - that only increases the hold of impurity. Accept your limitations but know that you're working towards changing them. — Frederick Lenz
- If, for example, I saw my grandparents or my daughter for an instant, would I recognize them? Probably not, because in looking… — Isabel Allende
- There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. — Denis Waitley