If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.
Interpretation
To maintain the current state of affairs, we must embrace change.
This quote suggests that stagnation is not an option; if we desire continuity in our lives or circumstances, we must be willing to adapt and modify our actions and approaches. It highlights the paradoxical nature of stability, implying that true consistency can only be achieved through proactive change.
In practice
In a discussion about innovation and progress in a company meeting.
All this shouldn't last; but it will, always; the human 'always' of course, a century, two centuries... and after that it will be different, but worse. We were the Leopards, the Lions; those who'll take our place will be little jackals, hyenas; and the whole lot of us, Leopards, jackals, and sheep, we'll all go on thinking ourselves the salt of the earth.
If we want everything to remain as it is, it will be necessary for everything to change.
We must quickly mobilize our civilization with the urgency and resolve that has previously been seen only when nations mobilized for war. These prior struggles for survival were won when leaders found words at the 11th hour that released a mighty surge of courage, hope and readiness to sacrifice for a protracted and mortal challenge.
For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
Surrender is the inner transition from resistance to acceptance, from no to yes.
A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing you to grow. Without them, it sleeps- seldom to awaken. The sleeper must awaken.
Time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life.
Our aim is not to die. It is to carry out the revolution, to make a reality of our ideas. We must live, to get them accepted by the people.
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