Edith Wharton on change

There are two ways of spreading light⁠—to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity.

Mrs. Ballinger is one of the ladies who pursue Culture in bands, as though it were dangerous to meet it alone.

Change is inevitable. Change is constant.

Benjamin Disraeli1804–1881

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.

When you’re through changing, you’re through.

Bruce Fairchild Barton1886–1967