"It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better." ― Ambrose Bierce Topic(s): Change More From Ambrose Bierce "Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one’s voice." "Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success." "Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one’s voice." More In Change "I get satisfaction out of seeing stuff that makes real change in the real world. We need a lot more of that and a lot less abstract stuff."― Temple Grandin "A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud."― George Santayana "I can’t change overnight into a serious literary author. You can’t compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius. I am not."― John Grisham