„Sometimes,’ Jem said, ‘our lives can change so fast that the change outpaces our minds and hearts. It’s those times, I think, when our lives have altered but we still long for the time before everything was altered.“

— Cassandra Clare

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„even if we can’t change the big picture, our choices can alter the details. That’s how we rebel against destiny“
— Rick Riordan
„The change is from inner to outer. — We start by dissolving our attitude not by altering outer conditions.“
— Bruce Lee
„Society is a system of inherited forms reducing our humiliating passivity to nature. We may alter these forms, slowly or suddenly, but no change in society will change nature.“
— Camille Paglia
„My fellow Americans, I know that at a time of upheaval overseas -- when the news is filled with conflict and change -- it can be tempting to turn away from the world. And as I’ve said before, our strength abroad is anchored in our strength here at home. That must always be our North Star -- the ability of our people to reach their potential, to make wise choices with our resources, to enlarge the prosperity that serves as a wellspring for our power, and to live the values that we hold so dear.“
— Barack Obama