Quotes About Change

Gathering Blue' was a separate book. I wanted to explore what a society might become after a catastrophic world event. Only at the end did I realize I could make it connect to 'The Giver.

I feel like I'm adapting to society. I went feral a little bit. I found that when I would get back to the city, if there was any second-guessing about stuff, it would happen.

The tortoise moves very slowly, it moves towards whatever the goal is, to keep a democratic capitalistic society functioning.

It is the reformer who is anxious for the reform, and not society, from which he should expect nothing better than opposition, abhorrence and even mortal persecution.

A little of true nonviolence acts in a silent, subtle, unseen way and leavens the whole society.

That nonviolence which only an individual can use is not of much use in terms of society.

Satyagraha is a process of educating public opinion, such that it covers all the elements of the society and in the end makes itself irresistible.

for me the novel is a social vehicle, it reflects society.

For Americans, the quickest way to understand modern Britain is to look at what LBJ's Great Society did to the black family and imagine it applied to the general population.

You can't make a life over. Society wouldn't let you if you would.

The sooner our society admits that the Negro Revolution is no momentary outburst soon to subside into placid passivity, the easier the future will be for us all.

Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion.

We show no relish for reconfiguring the relationship between the state, the market and society. The world is on the turn, yet we do not seem equal to the challenge.

Society of thinking men! This kind of society has only one destiny: To Rise!

Creativity is not merely about cute pictures drawn by kindergartners. It is about the ability to create new enterprises, organizations, and institutions that fundamentally change society.

Racism is the most divisive force in our society, so until it is dealt with we cannot hope for much.

Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are done, we recognize one thing: that the human race has been badly manhandled, but that it has moved forward.

The complacent the self-indulgent the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history.

Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern one is apt to grow old-fashioned quite suddenly.

Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.

Trying to fit in will not change a society. To change it, you have to be brave, fearless, and strong enough to withstand societal criticism so that you may break the boundary and let light come in.

One destructive mind-set that must be altered in our society is the thought that work is a curse.

A societal revolution is politically organic in nature. It can't be engineered. It has to be evolved.

We look at each other a second. " I'm tired of the rules, " I say. Aibileen chuckles and looks out the window. I realise how thin this revelation must sound to her.