--- title: "8 Human Improvement Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Human Improvement quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Human Improvement sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/sri-chinmoy-517_character_character-is-the-colossal-hope-of-human_204872.png" --- > [Character is the colossal hope of human improvement within and without.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-chinmoy/character-is-the-colossal-hope-of-human-improvement-within-and-without/) [Sri Chinmoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-chinmoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/sri-chinmoy-517_character_character-is-the-colossal-hope-of-human_204872.png) > [Human improvement is from within outward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/human-improvement-is-from-within-outward/) [James Anthony Froude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-anthony-froude/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0c/james-anthony-froude-4052_human_human-improvement-is-from-within-outward_219406.png) > [However novel it may appear, I shall venture the assertion, that, until women assume the place in society which good sense and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-wright/however-novel-it-may-appear-i-shall-venture-the-assertion-that-until/) [Frances Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/frances-wright-9487_assertion_however-novel-it-may-appear-i-shall-vent_240255.png) > [The illusion that mechanical progress means human improvement ... alienates us from our own being and our own reality. It is precisely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/the-illusion-that-mechanical-progress-means-human-improvement/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c49/thomas-merton-231_car_the-illusion-that-mechanical-progress-me_552657.jpg) > [Very little comes easily to our poor, benighted species (the first creature, after all, to experiment with the novel evolutionary inventions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-jay-gould/very-little-comes-easily-to-our-poor-benighted-species-the-first/) [Stephen Jay Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-jay-gould/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/stephen-jay-gould-885_accurate_very-little-comes-easily-to-our-poor-ben_910502.jpg) > [It's hardly possible to overstate the value, in the present state of human improvement, of placing human beings in contact with other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/it-s-hardly-possible-to-overstate-the-value-in-the-present-state-of/) [John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/john-stuart-mill-477_action_it-s-hardly-possible-to-overstate-the-va_1001663.png) > [Any ordeal that you can survive as a human being is an improvement in your character, and usually an improvement in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viggo-mortensen/any-ordeal-that-you-can-survive-as-a-human-being-is-an-improvement-in/) [Viggo Mortensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viggo-mortensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/viggo-mortensen-1554_improvement_any-ordeal-that-you-can-survive-as-a-hum_2274435.jpg) > [A stationary condition of capital and population implies no stationary state of human improvement. There could be as much scope as ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/a-stationary-condition-of-capital-and-population-implies-no/) [John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/john-stuart-mill-477_all-kinds_a-stationary-condition-of-capital-and-po_3157565.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-improvement/#itemlist", "name": "Human Improvement Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Character is the colossal hope of human improvement within and without.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sri Chinmoy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-chinmoy/character-is-the-colossal-hope-of-human-improvement-within-and-without/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/sri-chinmoy-517_character_character-is-the-colossal-hope-of-human_204872.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/sri-chinmoy-517_character_character-is-the-colossal-hope-of-human_204872.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/sri-chinmoy-517_character_character-is-the-colossal-hope-of-human_204872.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Character is the colossal hope of human improvement within and without.” — Sri Chinmoy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Human improvement is from within outward.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Anthony Froude" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/human-improvement-is-from-within-outward/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0c/james-anthony-froude-4052_human_human-improvement-is-from-within-outward_219406.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0c/james-anthony-froude-4052_human_human-improvement-is-from-within-outward_219406.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0c/james-anthony-froude-4052_human_human-improvement-is-from-within-outward_219406.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Human improvement is from within outward.” — James Anthony Froude", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "However novel it may appear, I shall venture the assertion, that, until women assume the place in society which good sense and good feeling alike assign to them, human improvement must advance but feebly.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frances Wright" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-wright/however-novel-it-may-appear-i-shall-venture-the-assertion-that-until/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/frances-wright-9487_assertion_however-novel-it-may-appear-i-shall-vent_240255.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/frances-wright-9487_assertion_however-novel-it-may-appear-i-shall-vent_240255.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/frances-wright-9487_assertion_however-novel-it-may-appear-i-shall-vent_240255.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“However novel it may appear, I shall venture the assertion, that, until women assume the place in society…” — Frances Wright", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The illusion that mechanical progress means human improvement ... alienates us from our own being and our own reality. It is precisely because we are convinced that our life, as such, is better if we have a better car, a better TV set, better toothpaste, etc., that we condemn and destroy our own reality and the reality of our natural resources. Technology was made for man, not man for technology. 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Even the most \"obvious,\" \"accurate,\" and \"natural\" style of thinking or drawing must be regulated by history and won by struggle. 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