Stagnation Quotes

"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change." "Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind." "If you are not moving forward, you are moving backward" "The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless." "A society that does not recognize the potential within each individual is a society that will stagnate." "A society should never become like a pond with stagnant water, without movement. That's the most important thing." "The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water and breeds reptiles of the mind " "Without new ideas, success can become stale" "Expect poison from the standing water " "There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still" "The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind" "More than by fear of going astray, my hope is that they be moved by the fear of remaining shut up within structures that give them a false sense of security." "If you’re not changing, you’re dying." "The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual" "Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay"