# Quote — Matt Hughes, Fools Errant

> “From within such a calcified culture, no change can be generated; the impetus for reform must arise from without. Hence, the external threat posed by Hunan Diath.”
>
> “Who does not exist,” said Filidor.
>
> “Who need not exist,” said Gaskarth, “so long as the idea can do its work.”

- Author: [Matt Hughes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes.md)
- Book: [Fools Errant](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/fools-errant.md)
- Page: 148
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Matthew_Hughes_(writer)#Fools_Errant_(1994)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/fools-errant/from-within-such

## More from this book

> “This conversation would be more easily conducted,” said Filidor, “if I had any notion of what you are talking about.”

p. 124 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/fools-errant/this-conversation-would.md)

> “We all use the world, and are used by it,” he said, after a moment. “Some of us are more aware than others of using and being used. It is our fortune to have fewer illusions.”

p. 136 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/fools-errant/we-all-use.md)

> “I will inform the world of your preference,” said Gaskarth, “but I doubt it will lead to any significant improvements in your lot.”

p. 136 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/fools-errant/i-will-inform.md)