“We don't want to change. Every change is a menace to stability.”

“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.”

“Stability,” insisted the Controller, “stability. The primal and the ultimate need. Stability. Hence all this.”

“No social stability without individual stability.”

“Consciousness is only possible through change; change is only possible through movement.”

“Community, Identity, Stability”

“‎"But that's the price we have to pay for stability. You've got to choose between happiness and what people used to call high art. We've sacrificed the high art.”