If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.

Quote of the Week 27

"If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change."
― Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (The Leopard / Il Gattopardo)

Triggered by Robert Cialdini's use of the quote when promoting the updated edition of his book "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" on The Psychology Podcast.

The literal translation of the Italian original quote

"Se vogliamo che tutto rimanga come è, bisogna che tutto cambi"

is closer to

"If we want everything to stay as it is, everything has to change" 

"If we want everything to remain as it is, everything must change"

as discussed here.

See also: 

> “If you don’t change, time will change you.”