A great empire and little minds go ill together.
Edmund BurkeRead
We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
Interpretation
Change is an inevitable and fundamental aspect of nature that everyone must adhere to.
Edmund Burke's quote emphasizes the necessity of accepting change as an intrinsic part of life and nature. It suggests that this law of change is the most powerful force, compelling us to adapt and grow in response to the evolving circumstances around us, underscoring that resistance to change is futile and can hinder progress.
In practice
During a motivational speech about embracing new opportunities.
A great empire and little minds go ill together.
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
...we're told by TV and Reader's Digest that a crisis will trigger massive personal change--and that those big changes will make the pain worthwhile. But from what he could see, big change almost never happens. People simply feel lost. They have no idea what to say or do or feel or think. they become messes and tend to remain messes.
Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards. When people ask me what really changed my life eight years ago, I tell them that absolutely the most important thin was changing what I demanded of myself. I wrote down all the things I would no longer accept in my life, all the things I would no longer tolerate, and all the things that I aspired to becoming.
The information revolution has changed people's perception of wealth. We originally said that land was wealth. Then we thought it was industrial production. Now we realize it's intellectual capital. The market is showing us that intellectual capital is far more important that money. This is a major change in the way the world works. the same thing that happened to the farmers during the Industrial Revolution is now happening to people in industry as we move into the information age.
Black revolutionaries do not drop from the moon. We are created by our conditions. Shaped by our oppression.
Either you vegetate and look out a window, or activate and try to effect change.
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