“It is not possible to control the outside of yourself until you have mastered your breathing space. It is not possible to change anything until you understand the substance you wish to change.”

— Jeanette Winterson, book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Source: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

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English writer 1959

Barbara De Angelis (1951) American psychologist

“There is a saying that to understand is to forgive, but that is an error, so Papa used to say. You must forgive in order to understand. Until you forgive, you defend yourself against the possibility of understanding.”

Marilynne Robinson Home

Source: Home

“Until you change the sub conscience mind, you cannot say that you have learned something. If something is worth learning, you should stick with it until you have changed your subconscious mind.”

Koichi Tohei (1920–2011) Japanese aikidoka

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Ki Sayings (2003)

“Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.”

M. Scott Peck (1936–2005) American psychiatrist

Source: The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth

“You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.”

John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor

Source: The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential

“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude
toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather
than allowing it to master you.”

Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer

“Until you deal with your real personal issues, you'll never be able to control yourself.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Lullaby

Source: Lullaby (2002), Chapter 14

“Anything you don't understand is dangerous until you do understand it.”

Larry Niven book Flatlander

"Flatlander" (1967), first published in If (March 1967)

“As you grow up, you understand more about what beauty is. It’s not just about the outside. Your look changes depending on your confidence, and then your beauty changes.”

Liu Wen (model) (1988) Chinese model

Source: "China’s First Supermodel on Changing Standards of Beauty" in The Cut https://www.thecut.com/2016/02/liu-wen-asian-beauty.html (1 March 2016)

“This is how it works —
You're young until you're not
You love until you don't
You try until you can't
You laugh until you cry
You cry until you laugh
And everyone must breathe
Until their dying breath.”

Regina Spektor (1980) American singer-songwriter and pianist

"On the Radio"
Begin to Hope (2006)

“It is not possible to control the outside of yourself until you have mastered your breathing space. It is not possible to change anything until you understand the substance you wish to change.”

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