Change Quote by Norman Cousins

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of…

— Albert Schweitzer

Habit is the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing…

— William James

A man man may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him prisoner.

— George Savile

“It is a human characteristic, which has been richly exploited in every era, that while hope of survival is still alive in a man,…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned by a…

— Alexander Supertramp Chris McCandless

There is a Passion natural to the Mind of man, especially a free Man, which renders him impatient of Restraint.

— George Mason

To act and act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait and wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man…

— H. P. Blavatsky

When we are attentive to our actions we are not prisoners to our habits.

— T. K. V. Desikachar

When man gives up on reforming and inspiring society he also gives up his freedom.

— James Thurber

Habit creates the appearance of justice; progress has no greater enemy than habit.

— Jose Marti

“All human activity is subject to habitualization. Any action that is repeated frequently becomes cast into a pattern, which can then be reproduced with…

— Peter L. Berger

“Man is gifted with reason; he is life being aware of itself he has awareness of himself, of his fellow man, of his past,…

— Erich Fromm