Quotes About Change

Historians exercise great power and some of them know it. They re-create the past, changing it to fit their own interpretations. Thus, they change the future as well.

You never talk of likelihoods on Arrakis. You speak only of possibilities.

they'd chosen always the clear, safe course that leads ever downward into stagnation.

Laws tend to be temporary over the long haul, Moneo. There is no such thing as rule-governed creativity.

I began with love and prayer," Moneo said. "I changed to anger and rebellion. I was transformed into what you see before you. I recognize my duty and I do it.

Humans have a tendency to complain whenever the old must give way to the new. But change is the natural way of the universe, and we must learn to embrace it rather than fear it. The very process of transformation and adaptation strengthens the species.

Sad? Nonsense! Parting with friends is a sadness. A place is only a place." He glanced at the charts on the table. "And Arrakis is just another place.

Bis jetzt haben die Menschen, wenn sie die Oberfläche ihrer Planeten veränderten, diesen Welten nichts als Krankheiten zugefügt. Glücklicherweise tendiert die Natur dazu, den ihr zugefügten Schaden zu absorbieren oder sie dem eigenen System geschickt anzupassen.

It is not always the majestic concerns of Imperial ministers which dictate the course of history, nor is it necessarily the pontifications of priests which move the hands of God.

The only permanence was fluid. Change was all that mattered.

Just as individuals are born, mature, breed, and die, so do societies and civilizations and governments.

Educational bureaucracies dull a child's questing sensitivity." Odrade explaining. "The young must be damped down. Never let them know how good they can be. That brings change. Spend lots of committee time talking about how to deal with exceptional students. Don't spend any time dealing with how the conventional teacher feels threatened by emerging talents and squelches them because of a deep-seated desire to feel superior and safe in a safe environment.

Grabežljivac poboljšava vrstu.

And he thought: I'm a seed. He

he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning "That path leads ever down into stagnation." —

Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.

Ovo je promjenjiv svemir, a mi smo najneobi?nija promjena od svih. Mi treperenjem odgovaramo na mnoge utjecaje. Našim budu?nostima treba stalno obnavljanje podataka.

In politics, the tripod is he most unstable of all structures. It's be bad enough without the complication of a feudal trade culture which turns its back on most science.

This is what it means to be human. Try to hold on to youth and it mocks you while it sprints away.

pale northern complexion that turned to burn at the drop of a sunbeam.

Even in the most barren wasteland, a flower always grows. Recognize this, and learn to adapt to your surroundings. -Dr. Bryce Haynes (planetary ecologist assigned to study Duneworld)

Leto spoke the truth: Muad'Dib had changed all that. Stilgar felt lost.

We change our past by what we learn.

Persoana capabil? s? ia un lucru banal È™i obiÈ™nuit pentru a-l prezenta într-o nou? lumin? are darul de a însp?imânta. Nu vrem ca ideile noastre s? fie schimbate. Ne simÈ›im ameninÈ›aÈ›i de asemenea tentative. ?tiu deja tot ce-i important de È™tiut! spunem noi. Apoi apare Schimb?torul È™i r?stoarn? toate vechile noastre idei.