Quotes About Growth

Low growth, stagnating incomes, and growing inequality are, of course, deeply interrelated, and they all are, at least in part, the result of policies begun under President Reagan some four decades ago, policies based on deep and pervasive misunderstandings about what makes for a strong economy.

Existe una gran controversia sobre si los bancos centrales deben ser más independientes o no. Alguna evidencia indica que las tasas de inflación pueden ser menores, pero hay poca evidencia de que mejoran las variables reales como el crecimiento o el paro. No pretendo resolver aquí esta polémica sino subrayar que, dada la controversia, no se debe imponer a un país una visión particular

The most important "endowment," from our perspective, is a society's learning capacities (which in turn is affected by the knowledge that it has; its knowledge about learning itself; and its knowledge about its own learning capacities)

una economía que crezca más rápidamente, con una prosperidad compartida en que el tipo de vida al que aspira la mayoría de los estadounidenses no sea ya más un simple castillo en el aire sino una realidad alcanzable.

Primero, por sí solos los mercados no logran la prosperidad compartida y duradera.

La economía no es un juego de suma cero; la política económica afecta al crecimiento, y las acciones que aumentan la desigualdad ralentizan el crecimiento, especialmente a largo plazo.

Reading is experience. A biography of any literary person ought to deal at length with what he read and when, for in some sense, we are what we read.

Our mind becomes more spacious, more open, and happier as we move past our avoidance and denial to see what is true.

Munindra-ji, one of my first Dharma teachers, used to say that in spiritual practice, time is not a factor. Practice cannot be measured in time, so let go of the whole notion of when and how long. The practice is a process unfolding, and it unfolds in its own time. It is like the flowers that grow in the spring. Do you pull them up to make them grow faster?

For spiritual practice to develop, it is absolutely essential that we establish a basis of moral conduct in our lives.

For a long time in my meditation practice I felt embarrassed and ashamed when I saw unwholesome states in my own mind, states like pride or jealousy, ill will or selfishness; and instead of examining them and working free of them, I would judge myself and dig the hole I was in even deeper.

Nothing we have, no one in our lives, no state of mind is exempt from change.

i know at last what i want to be when i grow up. when i grow up i want to be a little boy.

Depreciating motels, junked automobiles, and quick-food joints grow like amber waves of grain.

How much older can you be at your age?

Csak úgy tanulhat az ember, ha próbálja.

He was like a man who had grown frozen with horror once and had never come completely unthawed

American literary culture proved to be less like an explosion that went off with the Revolution than a tender plant that required over fifty years of cultivation before it blossomed.

Whatever you give attention to will grow, magnify, and multiply in your experience.

Life is addition! Death is subtraction. You add to your life by imagining whatsoever things are true, lovely, noble, and Godlike. Imagine and feel yourself successful, and you must become successful. You are never a slave to circumstances, environment, or conditions.

I shall grow more good-humored. Joy, happiness, and cheerfulness are now becoming my normal states of mind. Every day I am becoming more and more lovable and understanding. I am now becoming the center of cheer and good will to all those about me, infecting them with good humor. This happy, joyous, and cheerful mood is now becoming my normal, natural state of mind. I am grateful." •

Age is not the flight of years; it is the dawn of wisdom in the mind of man.

When you want wisdom as much as you wanted air when you were immersed in the water, you will receive it.

You can always look ahead for at all times you are gazing into infinite life. You will find that you can never cease to unveil the glories and wonders of life. Try to learn something new every moment of the day, and you will find your mind will always be young.