He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.

The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while read more

The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.

Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion read more

Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total ;of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.

I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small.
[Fr., J'avais vu les grands, mais je read more

I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small.
[Fr., J'avais vu les grands, mais je n'avais pas vu les petits.]

Weep not that the world changes -- did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were a cause indeed to read more

Weep not that the world changes -- did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were a cause indeed to weep.

Every really new idea looks crazy at first.

Every really new idea looks crazy at first.

To change one's life: 1. Starte immediately, 2. Do it flamboyantly, 3. No exceptions. -William James.

To change one's life: 1. Starte immediately, 2. Do it flamboyantly, 3. No exceptions. -William James.

We must become the change we want to see.

We must become the change we want to see.

Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
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Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
[Lat., Ne spegner puo per star nell'acqua il foco;
Ne puo stato mutar per mutar loco.]