Change Quotes

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be… This, in turn, means that our statesmen, our businessmen, our everyman must take on […]

The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anyone who has one.

Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix.

When you’re through changing, you’re through.

If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past.

Our days are a kaleidoscope. Every instant a change takes place in the contents. New harmonies, new contrasts, new combinations of every sort. Nothing ever happens twice alike. The most familiar people stand each moment in some new relation to each other, to their work, to surrounding objects. The most tranquil house, with the most […]

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

Look at people; recognize them, accept them as they are, without wanting to change them.

Change is good. You go first. (“Dilbert”)

It appears that my worst fears have been realized: we have made progress in everything yet nothing has changed.