Theodore Zeldin Quotes

There is no public out there who needs to change. It's each one of us.

Much can and must be done by governments, but they cannot of themselves change lives.

Revolution is something that actually starts in individual hearts.

'Aquarian Conspiracy' is the term I have coined for the network of people working for social transformation based on personal inner change. Such a notion is not at all alien to the American milieu.

Real change comes from real individuals and real experiences.

Great changes start with individuals; the basis of world peace is inner peace in the hearts of individuals.

Student: Sir, you said you must change the world. How can you change it, sir? Krishnamurti: What is the world? The world is where you live - your family, your friends, your neighbours. And your family, your friends, your neighbours can be extended and that is the world. Now, you are the centre of that world. That is the world you live in. Now how will you change the world? By changing yourself?

That's what it's about, how society changes people but people can also change society. It only takes a few people to do things and help themselves instead of sitting around on their asses. She has a very global outlook on life and all sorts of things.

The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?

If your life changes, we can change the world, too.

Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.

I really believe in the power of the individual to make change, and our family is a real collection of individuals.

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man who looks at himself is so ashamed that he tries to make some sort of change - within himself, not on the outside.

Everyone needs to carry out his own personal revolution.

The world will change for the better when people decide they are sick and tired of being sick and tired of the way the world is, and decide to change themselves.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.

Can art change the world? Maybe... we should change the question: Can art change people's lives?

I'm an agent of change all day long, and I want to meet other people like that.

I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.

Now if you know what makes one person's life change, then you know what makes a nation change - because a nation is simply a large group of individuals.

When we make these decisions that we're going to commit ourselves to making a difference in the life of one person every single day, what happens is we actually build a whole generation of citizen leaders.

I didn't know what life was about before 'Love Sonia.' I didn't care. Now I'm a different person.

I sort of have this feeling about change in general. We can make baby steps on a macro level. We can try to shift policy, voting and changing who's in office. But we can make huge, sweeping changes on a personal level and in your immediate circle, or just the people around you.

I was waiting for the world to change. I'm no longer waiting; I'm part of that movement. I think our role as performers and entertainers is so much bigger.

The ultimate verification of our religion consists of the changed lives to which it can point and for which it is responsible.