Art thou in misery, brother? Then I pray Be comforted. Thy grief shall pass away. Art thou elated? Ah, be not too gay; Temper thy joy: this, too, shall pass away. Art thou in danger? Still let reason sway, And cling to hope: this, too, shall pass away. Tempted art thou? In all thine anguish […]
Change Quotes
Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change; the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.
If you want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.
People change and forget to tell each other.
That conversion will always be suspected that apparently concurs with interest. He that never finds his error till it hinders his progress towards wealth or honour, will not be thought to love truth only for herself. Yet it may easily happen that information may come at a commodious time; and as truth and interest are […]
The only thing constant in life is change.
You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing in.
We have less reason to be surprised or offended when we find others differ from us in opinion, because we very often differ from ourselves. How often we alter our minds, we do not always remark; because the change is sometimes made imperceptibly and gradually, and the last conviction effaces all memory of the former: […]
The world fears a new experience more than it fears anything. Because a new experience displaces so many old experiences… the world doesn’t fear a new idea. It can pigeon hole any idea. But it can’t pigeon hole a real new experience.
All is flux, nothing stays still.
