Quotes About Progress

No new life can arise, say the alchemists, without the death of the old. They liken the art to the work of the sower, who buries the grain in the earth: it dies only to waken to new life.

If you want to cure a neurosis you have to risk something. To do something without taking a risk is merely ineffectual . . .

The redeeming symbol is a highway, a way upon which life can move forward without torment and compulsion.

retreat from life leads to regression, and regression heightens resistance to life.

Belief in dogma is an equally unavoidable stop-gap which must sooner or later be replaced by adequate understanding and knowledge if our civilization is to continue.

The first doctor understood the situation and sent the patient to the second. Here she drew her own conclusions from her dream, and decided to leave. My interpretation of her third dream disappointed her greatly, but she was distinctly encouraged to go on in spite of all difficulties by the fact that it reported the frontier already crossed.

How did I happen to become an explorer? It did not just happen, for my career has been a steady progress toward a definite goal since I was fifteen years of age." Roald Amundsen

Carnegie structure.

Stops at the end of the road collected Clyde Lidgards like dams collected silt.

rotary-dial telephone

We shouldn't automatically oppose everything. I mean, what makes us so fucking smart? We're the beneficiaries of people before us figuring out shit that makes our lives better or helps us live longer. Why stop now, just because we think we know it all?

But wanting to change, and actually making it happen were two different things.

Students in the school of prayer never graduate from the school of the Gospel.

It's easier to reach for the stars when you stand on the shoulders of giants.

In the words of one high-hope individual, "All the steps involved in getting there are as much fun as actually finishing a project." Consistent with this sentiment, I have found that high-hope people are quite patient with experiencing the course of unfolding events.

asked if he wants to repeat 6th grade Garry says "That's okay. I've got to go to school 'til I'm 16 anyway. What's the difference what grade I'm in when I get done?

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where there is no continuity there is no growth.

But probably every age gets, within certain limits, the science it deserves

Progress means movement in a desired direction, and we do not all desire the same things for our species.

Nothing is the same afterward, is it? We carry on, as indeed we must, but we are never who we were." He

Make haste slowly

I am trying to quit smoking. Me too. But, I'd like something in my hands now. You have something in your hands now. Me? Me.

If you can't learn, you can't thrive.