“To desire to change one’s past means there is a desire to change oneself. To desire to change oneself, one must learn to change.”
“Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.”
“Aesthetics have substantial political consequences. How one views oneself as beautiful or not beautiful or desirable or not desirable has deep consequences in terms of one’s feelings of self-worth and one’s capacity to be a political agent.”
“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.”
“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.”
“This is part of human nature, the desire to change consciousness.”