“The USSR, which they'd begun to renovate and improve atabout the time when Tatarsky decided to change his profession, improved somuch that it ceased to exist (if a state is capable of entering nirvana,that's what must have happened in this case)”

“I've read over 200 self improvement books. I know what to do to change my life around, but I have the fear of that change. What will happen then? I have the fear that something unexpected may occur.”

“Since being a prisoner was a definite improvement over being dead, which was what she thought was going to happen when the Loundergs had attacked, Suzy was quite cheerful.”

“In time, we lose our freshness and spontaneity of true conversation. These are areas in which everyone interested in self-improvement will seek to improve.”

“Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which he wields a sword. He will be able to fight more skilfullly next time.”

“America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement.”