Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Great ideas are unstoppable like stones rolling downhill. Obstacles may delay them but cannot prevent their ultimate arrival.
- In plain terms
- Good ideas will win eventually no matter what gets in the way.
- What can you take from it?
- Meaningful ideas are inevitable and will succeed despite obstacles.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are all inevitable ideas necessarily good?
- How do you sustain an idea against barriers?
Another view
Some ideas may be harmful, so inevitability does not guarantee moral good.
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