It’s never too late to change things for the better. (Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina") The best good people are those who have made mistakes; a person often becomes better in the future because of a small shortcoming. ——Shakespeare's "Tit for Tat" The danger of allowing the source of disaster to go uncorrected is inevitable. ——Shakespeare's "Richard II" All the water in the ocean cannot turn the swan's black legs white, although it is washed by the waves every moment. ——Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus" A person is blessed if he knows his shortcomings and can change his ways. ——Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" Making as few mistakes as possible is a human norm; not making mistakes is an angel's dream. Everything in this world is subject to error. Mistakes are like a force of gravity. ——Hugo "Les Misérables" A person must use all his strength in trying to improve himself and cannot waste his strength on anything else. ——"The Biography of Tolstoy" The greatest shame and distress is when you cannot well defend everything you love and live for. ——Gorky "The Boss" Error is the neighbor of truth, so it deceives us. —— Tagore's "Flowers" ■Although habit can be a devil that makes people lose shame, it can also be an angel. (Shakespeare's "Hamlet") We have seen that as long as a custom begins, it can continue to be popular. Because its basic spirit is that huge power - faith; due to years of routine and long-term customs, faith has reached its peak and can produce amazing results. ——Mark Twain, "A Journey Around the Equator" How amazing are the miracles created by habits! How quickly and easily habits are formed—both insignificant habits and those that bring about fundamental changes in us. ——Mark Twain, "The Inheritance of Thirty Thousand Dollars" Habits are turning our lives into certain stereotyped fossils day by day. Our hearts are losing their freedom and becoming slaves to the calm and passionless flow of time. ——Tolstoy, "Family Happiness" What people think and do is taken for granted. Only time can slowly make people change, and any rational argument that cannot make people change is obviously harmful to them. a habit. ——Gorky "Isolation from the World" If we are not restrained in our habits, its impact will not be immediately apparent when we are young and energetic. But it gradually consumes this energy, and in old age we have to settle accounts and pay the debts that bankrupted us. ——Tagore, "Nationalism" Habits are hard to break. No one can throw them out of the window, but can only coax them down the stairs step by step. ——Mark Twain, "Idiot Wilson" The less reason a traditional habit has for its existence, the harder it is to get rid of it. ——Mark Twain, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" You must abstain from alcohol and women. The joy is so short, so vague, and the regret is so great. ——"The Biography of Tolstoy"