Quotes About Progress

Militarism has been by far the commonest cause of the breakdown of civilizations. The single art of war makes progress at the expense of all the arts of peace.

War without end. Well, what was history without that? And how would having the stars change anything?

Peace ought not be regarded the height of civilization, else like barbarians we forever battle for peace.

A new age is approaching, and its advent might make us pray to go back to the days of the trenches. Once the Worldwaker goes off, we will never be able to sleep again.

It's the young who will lead us to the future."Free Trader 4 - Battle for the Amazon

The world is not static and the status quo is not sacred.

Wherever there is peace, there is progress.

Now comes the reign of iron — and cased sloops are to take the place of wooden ships.

If, as I have reason to believe, I have disintegrated the nucleus of the atom, this is of greater significance than th

The two greatest warriors are Truth and Time. Be sure to march behind, and not against, them.

War erases progress, leaves no trace of improvement.

War is progress, peace is stagnation

Progress means to be true to the world, If we need to make a change.

I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy. ... If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.

Vengeance is pointless, but certain men did not have a place in the world we sought to construct

civilization is the very root cause of the woes of civilization

Because it's all about the journey...

Either war is obsolete or men are.

The inevitableness the idealism and the blessing of war as an indispensable and stimulating law of development must be repeatedly emphasized.

Seventy years after China emerged from the Second World War, the greatest threat facing the nation's leadership is not imperialism but skepticism.

Seriously I suspected I was a good actor, though I didn't know it during 'Monsoon Wedding'. Now I realize the more I learn the less I know about acting... and life.

Having once embarked on your marital voyage, it is impossible not to be aware that you make no way and the sea is not within sight; that in fact, you are exploring an enclosed basin.

The pilot is the wedding, and the series is the relationship.

You cannot change the past, but you can make a difference now