It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for read more

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

To-day is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our Works
and Thoughts, if they are always to be read more

To-day is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our Works
and Thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue
always the same? Change, indeed, is painful; yet ever needful;
and if Memory have its force and worth, so also has Hope.

There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change
of circumstances and varieties of fortune.
[Lat., read more

There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change
of circumstances and varieties of fortune.
[Lat., Nihil est aptius delectationem lectoris quam temporum
varietates fortunaeque vicissitudines.]

The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.

The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.

If you don't like what you're doing, you can always pick up your needle and move to another groove.

If you don't like what you're doing, you can always pick up your needle and move to another groove.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.

Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. read more

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people\'s minds.

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

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