“We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.”
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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.
In times of change learners inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.
