Causes Quote by Gunnar Myrdal

In spite of warnings, change rarely occurs until the status quo becomes more painful than change. People seem not to see that their opinion…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

In fact, people themselves are responsible for making the status quo so resistant to change. We are trapped by our own behavior.

— Chris Argyris

In a living civilization there is always an element of unrest, for sensitiveness to ideas means curiosity, adventure, change. Civilized order survives on its…

— Alfred North Whitehead

people don't change, they just have momentary steps outside of their true character

— Chad Kultgen

I think people's relationship with the concept of violence changes, and that to me might be a little more interesting.

— Chuck Klosterman

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

— Jean Paul

For any student of history, change is the law of life. Any attempt to contain it guarantees an explosion down the road; the more…

— Henry A. Kissinger

“The maintenance of high standards of behavior in nonviolent action is necessary at all stages of the conflict.”

— Gene Sharp

Change comes from power, and power comes from organization. In order to act, people must get together.

— Saul Alinsky

Change comes when people are willing to commit acts of peaceful civil disobedience.

— Gail Bradbrook

The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is a more violent world.

— Hannah Arendt

To me violence, once you've done one violent act it leads to another, it leads to another, it leads to another, it becomes routine.

— Lynne Ramsay