Quotes About Change

Surrounded by progress, I feel a nagging sense of our species' regression.

Pero, cómo pudo Lu Wenli irse con el profesor Liu? -pregunté-. ¡Es inconcebible! -Acaso era concebible meterle la pelota en la boca de un requetazo? -replicó He Zhiwu. Indudablemente, eso formaba parte de las cosas inconcebibles, lo que demuestra que los asuntos de este mundo sufren infinitos cambios y evoluciones, que la suerte reúne a las parejas predestinadas a través de las más extrañas e imprevisibles coincidencias. No hay nada imposible.

Para un árbol, cambiar de sitio es la muerte; para un hombre, cambiar de sitio es la vida.

Il nonno dimenticò che il sole, dopo aver brillato, si oscura, che la luna divenuta piena comincia a declinare, che un recipiente pieno si capovolge e che alla prosperità segue la decadenza; e commise un grave errore nel voler organizzare un grande funerale per la nonna.

Le cose del mondo sono come i libri, che vanno sfogliati una pagina per volta. Gli uomini devono guardare avanti ed evitare di rivangare vecchie questioni; i cani devono avanzare con i tempi e fronteggiare la realtà.

La participación estudiantil, para mí, es el motor de la transformación y de la democratización de la universidad.

Every year, you lose a bit of potential.

When I became a vegan in 1987, in one fell swoop I extended my life expectancy and annoyed most of the people in my life—my mom most of all.

When I'd asked for a drum machine for Christmas my family had been confused – none of them knew what a drum machine was. But I'd noticed that a lot of my musical heroes who'd started off as punk-rockers, like New Order and Killing Joke, were now using synthesizers and drum machines, and I wanted to join them.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of life.

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of p0verty are fought to map change.

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake.

You must be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.

Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.

You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.