Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past.

Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.

In an average day, you may well be confronted with some species of bullying or bigotry, or some ill-phrased appeal to the general will, or some petty abuse of authority. If you have a political loyalty, you may be offered a shady reason for agreeing to a lie or a half-truth that serves some short-term purpose. Everybody devises tactics for getting through such moments; try behaving "as if" they need not be tolerated and are not inevitable.

Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.