We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.

  • -- Eric Hoffer 埃里克·霍弗

我们过去认为革命是变革的原因。实际上恰恰相反:变革为革命奠定了基础。

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The adaptive markets hypothesis says that all economic institutions, like our own species, develop and change over time, depending on the population of investors that are engaged with them.

适应性市场假说认为,所有经济机构,就像我们人类一样,都会随着时间的推移而发展和变化,这取决于与之打交道的投资者群体。

Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.

不要把时间浪费在革命上,这些革命不会消除你抱怨的原因,只会改变掌权者的面貌。

The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.

所有革命中最重要的一场革命,是情感、举止和道德观念的革命。

Change should be a friend. It should happen by plan, not by accident.

改变应该是朋友。这应该是有计划的,而不是偶然的。