“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.”

“Consciousness is only possible through change; change is only possible through movement.”

“We don't want to change. Every change is a menace to stability.”

“I have always found that Angels have the vanity to speak of themselves as the only wise.”

“But God doesn't change.''Men do, though.''What difference does that make?''All the difference in the world.”

“It is only when we have renounced our preoccupation with "I," "me," "mine," that we can truly possess the world in which we live. Everything, provided that we regard nothing as property. And not only is everything ours; it is also everybody else's.”

“... one reads, above all, to prevent oneself thinking.”