Change Quotes

"We cannot step outside traditions altogether; we can only move from one tradition to another."

"Change is the only constant, and resistance to it is futile."

"What seems obvious to one generation may seem absurd to another."

"Piecemeal social engineering is superior to utopian planning because it allows for correction."

"Society progresses not through grand ideologies but through incremental improvements."

"We build better worlds through incremental change, not revolutionary upheaval."

"Change is the only constant; stability is an illusion."

"We are capable of change because we are not fixed essences."

"We cling to our core beliefs while adjusting our peripheral ones in response to experience."

"Our commitment to a theory is pragmatic and revisable."

"Change is not only inevitable but necessary for progress."

"What we resist persists; what we examine can be transformed."

"All motion is a being at work in the world."

"What is constant is only change itself."

"The only way is forward."

"People do not stand still; they are always under the sway of forces."

"Science progresses by revising our entire system of beliefs gradually."

"We revise our beliefs to maintain overall coherence."

"Every solution to a problem creates new problems."

"Man can alter his life by altering his thinking."

"Change is the only constant in the universe."

"Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to invention and makes new discoveries."

"Change is the law of growth."

"The good society is not one that is static, but one that is capable of change."

"Nothing can be intellectually said to be permanent and sacred."

"Change is the fundamental nature of reality."

"The advance of knowledge requires the constant revision of our conceptual frameworks."

"The growth of science depends on our willingness to revise even our most fundamental concepts."

"A confession has to be part of your new life."

"Do not block yourself off from experiences, for in blocking yourself off you are blocking the growth of your own existence."