Quotes About Growth

Lasting change is something planted by example and nurtured in each individual heart.

real civilization cannot exist in the absence of a certain play-element, for civilization presupposes limitation and mastery of the self, the ability not to confuse its own tendencies with the ultimate and highest goal, but to understand that it is enclosed within certain bounds freely accepted.

Megértettem, hogy a tanulásnak soha sincs vége, s olyan folyamatról van szó, amelyet szinte minden nap újra kell kezdenünk.

A bölcsesség kezdete az önismeret.

Despite what we hear on the news and from many authorities, the great story of our era is that we are witnessing the greatest improvement in global living standards ever to take place. Poverty,

Ne podetinji ljude starost, ko sto se kaze, no samo jos ko pravu decu zatice nas.

Talents are best nurtured in solitude; but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Starost nas ne podetinji; izraz je loš - starost nas zati?e ko pravu decu još.

We must learn to accept ourselves in the painful experiment of living. We must embrace the spiritual adventure of becoming human, moving through the many stages that lie between birth and death.

Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself, a knowledge which can only be acquired by occasional retirement.

A vida é a infância da nossa imortalidade

we need to move beyond the idea of growth, to something called a "steady-state economy.

The writer James Baldwin—the man who is, for my money, the greatest writer of the twentieth century—said: "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Silicon Valley sells itself by articulating "a big, lofty goal—connecting everyone in the world, or whatever it is. But when you're actually doing the day-to-day work, it's about increasing user numbers.

After carefully analyzing all the options, Facebook's scientists concluded there was one solution: they said Facebook would have to abandon its current business model. Because their growth was so tied up with toxic outcomes, the company should abandon attempts at growth. The only way out was for the company to adopt a strategy that was "anti-growth"—deliberately shrink, and choose to be a less wealthy company that wasn't wrecking the world.

We have fundamental limitations," Adam added. "We could ignore them, and pretend we're capable of everything we would wish—or we can acknowledge them, and live our lives in a better way.

But when you practice moving at a speed that is compatible with human nature—and you build that into your daily life—you begin to train your attention and focus. "That's why those disciplines make you smarter.

Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone.

Empathy makes progress possible, and every time you widen human empathy, you open the universe a little more.

So, to find flow, you need to choose one single goal; make sure your goal is meaningful to you; and try to push yourself to the edge of your abilities.

The best experiences in life that I had, when I thought back on it, came from times when I had been in the mountains climbing…climbing and doing something really kind of difficult and dangerous—but within the scope of what I could do.

Let Grow is based on the idea that if children are going to become adults who can make their own decisions and pay attention, they need to experience increasing levels of freedom and independence throughout their childhood.

the writer Neale Donald Walsch wrote: "Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone.

It's not so much what happens in those fifteen minutes—Rachel has come to feel that "you're planting seeds during the meditation, [and] it flowers spontaneously during your day, and your life.