Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

I am not myself in any degree ashamed of having changed my opinions.

No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.

I might not agree with myself in a year.

I don't change. The things around me change.

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to keep it.

Persistence in one opinion has never been considered a merit in political leaders.

I think it cannot be shown that when I have once taken a position, I have ever retreated from it.

A man who has made up his mind on a given subject twenty-five years ago and continues to hold his political opinions after he has been proved to be wrong is a man of principle; while he who from time to time adapts his opinions to the changing circumstances of life is an opportunist.

I just have always felt that people don't change, circumstances change.

I change my opinions often, but not my way of thinking.

The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.

This imputation of inconsistency is one to which every sound politician and every honest thinker must sooner or later subject himself. The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion.

Nothing inspires more reverence and awe in me than an old man who knows how to change his mind.

I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a man's life. As we live, we grow and our beliefs change. They must change. So I think we should live with this constant discovery. We should be open to this adventure in heightened awareness of living. We should stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience.

The past is an illusion. You must learn to live in the present and accept yourself for what you are now. What you lack in flexibility and agility you must make up with knowledge and constant practice.

If you are centered, you can move freely.

There's nothing to win in yoga. You just do what you can do, one day to the next.

If anything, we haven't changed much since we [with Venuse Williams] were kids. We really are the same people.

Say your truth-kindly, but fully and completely. Live your truth, gently, but totally and consistently. Change your truth easily and quickly when your experience brings you new clarity.

The world has changed around me. I've been me, and continuously being me in a constant, steadfast way.

You can't take yourself too seriously. But always have conviction.

For some natures, changing their opinions is just as much a requirement of cleanliness as changing their clothes: for others, however, it is merely a requirement of vanity.

I'm the same boy I used to be.