One's perception of the world

One has not only an ability to perceive the world but an ability to alter one's perception of it; more simply, one can change things by the manner in which one looks at them.

TOM ROBBINS, Even Cowgirls Get The Blues

Go Into Your Wilderness

"The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occurwhen we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled.For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort,that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers" 

M. Scott Peck

There is more to life than increasing its speed

Individual Responsibility

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton