Change Quotes

"In every conflict lies the seed of opportunity for those who can see it."

"The capacity to change is what separates the wise from the stubborn."

"Change is the nature of all matter; permanence is illusion."

"The conflict between planning and freedom touches the deepest issues of our civilization."

"Change is the constant rhythm of perception renewing itself."

"To reform society, begin by reforming the laws."

"The influence of the past is that of a dead hand; we must escape it."

"A reform is but the correction of abuses; it supposes them to be merely abuses."

"Progress requires that we honor tradition while not being enslaved by it."

"To change another, one must first change oneself; example is the most powerful persuasion."

"The greatest revolutions occur not in politics but in the minds and hearts of individuals."

"Change is the only constant in a universe of infinite complexity."

"Change is the fundamental condition of existence; resistance to it brings only suffering."

"Change offers opportunity to those with vision sufficient to perceive new possibilities."

"A man who fears change has already surrendered to stagnation."

"The difficulty lies not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones that ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds."

"The age of reason is dead. The age of emotion has begun."

"Custom is a second nature"

"Change is the only constant"

"The spectacle of harsh punishment often hardens criminals rather than reforms them."

"The reduction of unnecessary laws is a mark of social progress."

"Change is the only constant in the perceived world."

"Change is the law of life; resistance to it brings suffering."

"Those who fear change are already dead, they merely have not yet been buried."

"The curious result of man's wellmeant efforts to control society is often the exact opposite of what he intended."

"Human beings are remarkably adaptable; our weakness is that we adapt to servitude as easily as to freedom."

"Language evolves to serve human purposes; government does not evolve the same way because it lacks the discipline of competition."

"Change is the only constancy; resistance to it is resistance to existence itself."

"Nations, like plants, must have seasons of growth and decline."

"In every act of creation lies the seed of destruction."