Samuel Langhorne Clemens Quotes on Change
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Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul in this world - and never will.
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He is now fast rising from affluence to poverty.
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A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
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In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.
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Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
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Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.