Catastrophe Quote by Walter Benjamin

“The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are "status quo" is the catastrophe. It is not an…

— Walter Benjamin

Progress is the domination of chaos by mind and purpose, of matter by form and will. It need not be continuous to be real.

— Will Durant

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.

— Frank Herbert

Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.

— Marcus Garvey

Progress is Providence without God. That is, it is a theory that everything has always perpetually gone right by accident. It is a sort…

— Anonymous

Progress is a tension between the notion of perfection and the notion that striving, not finding, is important.

— George Zebrowski

Progress is the realization of utopia.

— Oscar Wilde

What we call progress consists in coordinating ideas with realities.

— Alfred Korzybski

Progress begins with the belief that what is necessary is possible.

— Norman Cousins

Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life.

— George Monbiot

Very much of what we call the progress of today consists in getting rid of false ideas, false conceptions of things, and in taking…

— William D. Hoard

Life does not stand still. Where there is no progress, there is disintegration.

— Grenville Kleiser