If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
—E. B. White
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.
—Albert Camus
No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.
—Florida Scott-Maxwell
If you assume that there's no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, that there are opportunities to change things, there's a chance you may contribute to making a better world. That's your choice.
—Noam Chomsky
Synchronizing mind and body is not a concept or a random technique someone thought up for self-improvement. Rather, it is a basic principle of how to be a human being.
—Chögyam Trungpa
There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.
—John Ashbery
Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.
—Emile Coue