Progress Quotes

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The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. — Frank Herbert
The paramount doctrine of the economic and technological euphoria of recent decades has been that everything depends on innovation. It was understood as desirable, and… — Wendell Berry
The good news is that by the second year, those cravings were about as half as frequent, and by the third year, half as much… — Anthony Kiedis
(After death.) So few people who come across, possess awareness of any kind. All they bring along with them are worthless values. All they desire… — Richard Matheson
Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The technocrat is the natural friend of the dictatorâ€”computers and dictatorship; but the revolutionary lives in the gap which separates technical progress from social totality,… — Gilles Deleuze
More learning can occur when there are many obstacles then when thear are few or none. A life with difficult relationships, filled with obstacles and… — Brian Weiss
Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life. — George Monbiot
People who want a cure, provided they can have it without pain, are like those who favour progress, provided they can have it without change. — Anthony de Mello
I learned to pick up each piece, one at a time, from my pile of potential matches and try to fit it from any angle… — Craig Clevenger
What have we to offer the world beside the superabundant loot which we recklessly plunder from the earth under the maniacal delusion that this insane… — Henry Miller
A man learns to skate by staggering about and making a fool of himself. Indeed he progresses in all things by resolutely making a fool… — George Bernard Shaw
Even from the abyss of horror in which we try to feel our way today, half-blind, our hearts distraught and shattered, I look up again… — Stefan Zweig
A 'very good friend' is a dangerous category with Indian girls. From here you can either make fast progress or if you play it wrong,… — Chetan Bhagat
Making art has taught me that the tiniest smidgen of progress is something to be cherished. — Julia Cameron
The rising sun managed to peek around the vast column of smoke that forever rose from Ankh-Morpork, City of Cities, illustrating almost up to the… — Terry Pratchett
The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation. — Benjamin Disraeli
Some men you know are Southern before they ever say a word," Julia said as she and Emily watched Sawyer's progress, helpless, almost as if… — Sarah Addison Allen
...Individualistic material progress and the desire to gain prestige by coming out on top have taken over from the sense of fellowship, compassion and community.… — Jean Vanier
Truth should be the very breath of our life. When once this state in the pilgrim's progress is reached, all other rules of correct living… — Mahatma Gandhi

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