Development Quotes

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The whole body of the arts and sciences composes one vast machinery for the irritation and development of the human intellect. — Thomas de Quincey
If only simplicity were not the most difficult of all things. It consists of watching objectively the development of any fragment of fantasy. — Carl Jung
Each stage of development, remember, has a dialectic of progress--in plain language, every new development is good news, bad news. — Ken Wilber
Since the time of the cavemen, man has glorified himself, has made himself divine, and his monstrous vanity has caused human catastrophe. Art has collaborated… — Hans Arp
We must strive for freedom if we strive for self-knowledge. The task of self-knowledge and of further self-development is of such importance and seriousness, it… — G I Gurdjieff
Eternal boyhood is the dream of a depressing percentage of American males, and the locker room is the temple where they worship arrested development. — Dave Barry
What I did that was new was to prove that the existence of classes is only bound up with particular, historical phases in the development… — Karl Marx
I am not learning definitions as established in even the latest dictionaries. I am not a dictionary-maker. I am a person a dictionary-maker has to… — William Stafford
Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. — Quentin Crisp
Shakespeare wrote his sonnets within a strict discipline, fourteen lines of iambic pentameter, rhyming in three quatrains and a couplet. Were his sonnets dull? Mozart… — David Ogilvy
People go through four stages before any revolutionary development: 1. It's nonsense, don't waste my time. 2. It's interesting, but not important. 3. I always… — Arthur C. Clarke
For the first time ever we are capable of removing abject poverty, illiteracy and the diseases of poverty from the human condition. The current intensification… — Clare Short
There is never any fair and thorough discussion of heretical opinions... The greatest harm done is to those who are not heretics, and whose whole… — John Stuart Mill
A concern with the perfectibility of mankind is always a symptom of thwarted or perverted development. — Hugh Kingsmill
The development of the doctrine of international arbitration, considered from the standpoint of its ultimate benefits to the human race, is the most vital movement… — William Howard Taft
Although humankind inherently "desires to know", if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction, then… — Bill Joy
Just as counterpoint and harmony follow their own laws, and differ in rhythm and movement, both formal tensions and color tensions have a development of… — Hans Hofmann
Life is finding yourself. It is a spirit development. — Robert Henri
One of our anxieties is de-focusing the relatively small number of engineers we have. Within our own core development, I am reluctant to fund projects… — Howard Hughes
The process of education takes place in the field of consciousness; the prerequisite to complete education is therefore the full development of consciousness - enlightenment.… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

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