Able Quote by LeVar Burton
“I feel like I have been able to notice throughout the incremental march of history during the course of my own lifetime patterns emerging, and there's a sort of a rubber band effect that happens where social growth and change is concerned.”
About This Quote
Source Speech: Public Talk on Social Change, 2018
Historical patterns repeat, showing a “rubber band” effect where social progress stretches and rebounds.
In simple terms: History shows cyclical social dynamics.
Key Takeaway
Recognize and work with social cycles.
Themes
history
social change
patterns
dynamics
Mood
thoughtful
analytical
Type
philosophical
inspirational
When to use this quote
- policy making
- community organizing
- education reform
- activism
Key Concepts
cyclical theory
social elasticity
Questions to Reflect On
- What cycles do you see today?
- How can you influence the rebound positively?
A Different Perspective
Predicting exact outcomes is difficult.
![“How much happens due to our own doing? It is only the plan that gets designed, and that too, not by us alone, it is as an evidence in the process. At the time when the work [effect] happens, we are not the evidentiary doer. The work [effect] continues to happen naturally.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/352/dada-bhagwan-31_circumstances_how-much-happens-due-to-our-own-doing-it_2637000.jpg)
