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Topic: “Change”
🔎 Lexicon containing “Change”
Definitions and explanations of key terms used throughout the site.
Becoming
The process of change or transformation in which something moves from one state to another; often contrasted with static being.
Power
The ability to act, effect change, or control outcomes or others.
Substance
That which exists independently and underlies properties or changes.
Hegelian Dialectic
A method of development and change through thesis, antithesis, and synthesis in Hegelian philosophy.
Accident
A non-essential attribute or property that can change without altering the substance or essence of a thing.
Change
The process through which something becomes different over time; transformation or transition.
Trade
To give one thing in exchange for another.
Magic
A concept used to describe a mode of rationality or way of thinking that looks to invisible forces to influence events, effect change in material conditions, or present the illusion...
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→ Browse Full Topics Directory💬 Quote Library — containing “Change”
To Change Something, Build a New Model
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
You Could Not Step Twice into the Same River
You could not step twice into the same river.
from Cratylus (dialogue) by Plato
Everything Changes and Nothing Stands Still
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
from Cratylus (dialogue) by Plato
Everything Flows and Nothing Stays
Everything flows and nothing stays.
from Cratylus (dialogue) by Plato
To Understand Something, Try to Change It
If you want truly to understand something, try to change it.
📖 Excerpts Library
To Remove Man From the Centre of Things Was To Raise Him From His Low Estate
And the one change of this kind implied by the abandonment of the geocentric system was, as is evident from what has already been said, the reverse of that often attributed to the new astronomy; to remove man from the...
Source: The Great Chain of Being by Arthur Oncken Lovejoy
A Radical Change to Astronomy and Cosmology
The years when Jesuits established their first schools coincided with the beginning of the so-called scientific revolution and the origin of modern science. In 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus had published his book, De revolutionibus orbium celestium, in which he proposed the...
Source: Jesuit Contribution to Science by Agustín Udías
The Heart of Revolutionary Faith, like Any Faith, Is Fire
The heart of revolutionary faith, like any faith, is fire: ordinary material transformed into extraordinary form, quantities of warmth suddenly changing the quality of substance. If we do not know what fire is, we know what it does. It burns....
Source: Fire in the Minds of Men by James H. Billington
The Greatest Change in the Mind of Man Since the Dawn of Creation
It may be postulated that this single bit of physical awareness brought about the greatest change in the mind of man since the dawn of creation. Before Magellan's time, mankind had simply accepted as self-evident the fact that there was...
Source: JFK by L. Fletcher Prouty
Are You in an Incomprehensible Chaos
Are you in a universe which is ruled by natural laws and, therefore, is stable, firm, absolute—and knowable? Or are you in an incomprehensible chaos, a realm of inexplicable miracles, an unpredictable, unknowable flux, which your mind is impotent to...
Source: Philosophy: Who Needs It by Ayn Rand
Psychologically There Is a Great Difference
In fact most of Copernicus' book runs closely parallel with Ptolemy's exposition, only the minimum changes being made to adjust the treatment of the Sun-centered theory; and most of the numerical constants are simply Ptolemy's figures transformed. Not unnaturally, Copernicus...
Source: De revolutionibus orbium coelestium by Nicolaus Copernicus
It’s About Letting Go
It's about being prepared to lose what you have for what you might get, or what you are for what you might be. It's about letting go.
Source: Without Frontiers by Daryl Easlea
Some Catastrophic and Catalyzing Event
Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor.
Source: Rebuilding Americas Defenses
🎼 Song Excerpts
You Start to See the World a Little Differently
You start to see the world a little differently when you turn it upside down
Source: Upside Down (Paloma Faith) by Paloma Faith
I Look at the World, and I Notice It’s Turning
I look at the world, and I notice it's turning - While my guitar gently weeps
Source: While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles
Just ’Round the Corner, There’s a Change in Design
I found out what it is that's been driving me mad - There's no room to breathe between the good and the bad - A crush in-between, there's a thin, thin line - But just 'round the corner, there's a change in design
Source: Crack In the World by Sammy Hagar
I Don’t Need to Walk Around in Circles
I don't need to walk around in circles, walk around in circles, walk around in circles, walk around in
Source: Circles by Soul Coughing
Can You Feel It? Now It’s Coming Back
Can you feel it? Now it's coming back We can steal it, if we bridge this gap
I Feel That Ice Is Slowly Melting
Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting - Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Source: Here Comes The Sun by The Beatles
Round and Round the World We Go
Round and round the world we go - Back and forth in time - Always looking for the new sensation - Bigger and better every time
Source: The Next Big Thing by Jesus Jones
Using Words You Will Find Are Strange
Using words you will find are strange - Mesmerized as they light the flame - Feel the new wind of change
Source: On the Turning Away by Pink Floyd
I Hope to Hell It’s Gonna Change Me
I couldn't tell you if it's gonna change the world, but I hope to hell it's gonna change me
Source: The Next Big Thing by Jesus Jones
But the World Keeps Turnin’ ’Round
World goes round, life goes on and on and on - You say it's over, but the world keeps turnin' 'round
Source: Way of the World by Cheap Trick
Now My Old World Is Gone for Dead
And I can't get it out of my head - No, I can't get it out of my head - Now my old world is gone for dead, 'cause I can't get it out of my head
Source: Can’t Get It Out of My Head by Electric Light Orchestra
Desperate for Changing, Starving for Truth
Desperate for changing, starving for truth - I'm closer to where I started - I'm chasing after you
Source: Hanging by a Moment by Lifehouse
Simply Look Around and View It
If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it - Anything you want to, do it - Want to change the world? There's nothing to it
Source: Pure Imagination by Willy Wonka
But the World Still Goes Around and Round
Nothin' comes from talkers but sound - We can talk all we want to, but the world still goes around and round
Source: Round and Round (Tevin Campbell) by Tevin Campbell
The Things I’ve Learned from a Broken Mirror
The things I've learned from a broken mirror - How a face can change when a heart knows fear
Source: Cecilia and the Satellite by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Welcome to the New Age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age - Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Source: Radioactive by Imagine Dragons
The Horizon Has Been Defeated by the Pirates of the New Age
The horizon has been defeated by the pirates of the new age
Source: The Horizon Has Been Defeated by Jack Johnson
And the World Keeps Spinning ’Round
And the world keeps spinning 'round - But my world's upside down, and I wouldn't change a thing
Source: Sick Cycle Carousel by Lifehouse
I’m Waking Up, I Feel It in My Bones
I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones - Enough to make my system blow
Source: Radioactive by Imagine Dragons
Your World Just Spins Whilst Mine Stands Still
Your world just spins whilst mine stands still - Nothing's changed in your gravity grave
Source: Gravity Grave by The Verve
Things Have Been Dark for Too Long
I'm standing here on the ground - The sky above won't fall down - See no evil in all directions - Resolution of happiness - Things have been dark for too long
Source: Don’t Change by INXS
Just a Voice Like a Riot Rocking Every Revision
This is not the end, this is not the beginning - Just a voice like a riot rocking every revision
Source: Waiting For The End by Linkin Park
All the Things That I Used To Know Have Gone out the Window
All the things that I used to say All the words that got in the way All the things that I used to know Have gone out the window
Source: When It’s Over by Sugar Ray
Another Way To Make the World Go ’Round
We've got to find another way to make the world go 'round
Source: World Go ‘Round by No Doubt
And Our Lives Are Forever Changed
And our lives are forever changed, we will never be the same - The more you change the less you feel
Source: Tonight, Tonight by The Smashing Pumpkins
Research and Find Out the Root of the Truth That You Seek Of
The Earth was flat, if you went too far, you would fall off - Now the Earth is round, if the shape change again, everybody woulda start laugh - The average man can't prove of most of the things that he chooses to speak of - And still won't research and find out the root of the truth that you seek of
Source: Patience by Nas & Damian Marley
Pop Goes the World
Everybody, tell me have you heard? Pop goes the world
Source: Pop Goes the World by Men Without Hats
You Were Making My Heart Change Shape
I was trying to find my way - I was thinking my mind was made, but you were making my heart change shape - It's all that I could take
Source: Phoenix by Big Red Machine
These Secret Garden Beams Changed My Life, So It Seems
These secret garden beams, changed my life, so it seems
Source: Deep Inside Of You by Third Eye Blind
Changes Are Shifting Outside the Word
Changes are shifting outside the word
Source: No More “I Love You’s” by Annie Lennox
The World Could Change at the Blink of an Eye
I saw the decade end, when it seemed the world could change at the blink of an eye
Source: Right Here Right Now by Jesus Jones
We’re Higher than the Sun
We're higher than the sun - And nothing's gonna change the way I'm feeling now
Source: Higher Than the Sun by Keane
One Day, I Gotta Get Out of Here
One day, I gotta get out of here - I gotta make everything clear - I gotta see you
Source: The Lights Go Down by Electric Light Orchestra
There’s Still Time to Change the Road You’re On
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on - And it makes me wonder...
Source: Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
There’s Someone in My Head but It’s Not Me
You make the change, you rearrange me till I’m sane - You lock the door and throw away the key - And there’s someone in my head, but it’s not me
Source: Brain Damage by Pink Floyd
I’ve Built My Life Around You
Well, I've been afraid of changin', 'cause I've built my life around you
Source: Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
No Longer Riding on the Merry-Go-Round
No longer riding on the merry-go-round. I just had to let it go.
Source: Watching the Wheels by John Lennon
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Cause Everything Is Never As It Seems…
With a wave of his hand, he had made the Earth a planet and set it spinning.
My Friends and I We’ve Cracked the Code
One day the blood won’t flow so gladly. One day we’ll all get still. Get still.
Feelings Are Intense, Words Are Trivial
To start by making the trade center disappear, though, seems a good way to begin.
The More You Change, the Less You Feel
And our lives are forever changed. We will never be the same.
Get It Together and Flow
See a pearl form, a diamond in the rough. See a bird soaring high above the flood. It’s in your blood, it’s in your blood.
And I Will Try To Fix You…
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
I Was Just Guessing at Numbers and Figures
Nobody said it was easy. No one ever said it would be so hard. I’m going back to the start.
We’ll Begin With a Spin
Anything you want to, do it. Want to change the world? There’s nothing to it.
High Time We Made a Stand
Read it in the books, in the crannies and the nooks, there are books to read.
It Was Always Burning Since the World’s Been Turning
And I’m trying to believe in things that I don’t know. The turning of the world, the color of your soul.
Narrative Episodes
This Is No Place, but Here I Am
Looks like it’s time to decide, are you here, are you now, is this it?
They Say in Heaven, Love Comes First
You pull me close, and we start to move. And we’re spinnin’ with the stars above. And you lift me up in a wave of love.
Anywhere You Go, We Are Bound Together
Circle in the sand, round and round, never ending love is what we’ve found.
I’ve Been Locked Inside Your Heart-Shaped Box
Let’s all have a good time before the great divide. ‘Cause things will start separating come 2025.
I Don’t Know Up From Down
Your world just spins whilst mine stands still. Nothing’s changed in your gravity grave.
We Are Afflicted by Fiction
I wander through fiction to look for the truth, buried beneath all the lies.
I Wanna Turn the Whole Thing Upside Down
Who’s to say what’s impossible? Well they forgot, this world keeps spinning.
If Chicken Little Tells You That the Sky Is Fallin’…
I’m standing here on the ground. The sky above won’t fall down.
Something Tells Me This Isn’t True
Nothin’ comes from talkers but sound. We can talk all we want to but the world still goes around and round.
Again and Again and Again and Again and Again
Down from the clouds, words stumble ’round your head Just can’t believe in everything they’ve said.
Look Me in the Eyes, Tell Me What You See
Something unseen. Some hand is motioning – to rise, to rise, to rise.