You can’t experiment with tradition.

But you cannot change your past, no matter how you craft your future.

We cannot keep doing something the same way and expect a different result.

Innovation is impossible for people who need guarantees.

Simply pushing harder within the old boundaries will not do.

values cannot be changed through reason, only through experience.

[A]lthough wisdom is built on life experience, the mere accumulation of years guarantees nothing.

‘I am against change. It is overrated. It improves nothing,’ said Hor.
‘Come now, that is an absurd opinion, and goes against all sense. It is merely a sign of age, for as we get older, so we believe the world gets worse, manners decline, standards of ethics and knowledge are eroded—’ said Nakht.

The world cannot be changed through the state. Both theoretical reflection and a whole century of bad experience tell us so.

You can’t get out of getting old. You can’t get out of having a relationship change.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks,

And changing for the better doesn't mean that he's ever going to reach good.

I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.

A person can't change all at once.