Quotes About Progress

Let's stop this American downward spiral.

There are many, many communities, many ethnic minorities, many civilizations that have been brutalised by others and you have to move on. You cannot perpetually stay in that place of blame, otherwise it's just a downward spiral.

Once you start to spiral a company down, you lose the momentum.

The instinct to improve oneself materially is necessary for growth. It is at the fountain of the enterprising spirit which drives private enterprise.

From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.

To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise.

The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.

The entrepreneurial spirit has moved from the garage in high-tech to the kitchen in food.

The pill was the liberation of the spirit of women.

Perhaps the spirit of adventure, be it mental or material adventure, is a factor so essential in human progress that no emphasis of it is undue.

It is very important to set yourself goals and work on them. It lifts your spirits and helps you focus.

I don't let a day go where I'm not doing something that enhances me or allows me to sit up here and keep my spirits going.

A lot of people that embark on spiritual endeavors tended to, especially in the '60s and '70s, they tended to give up what they had before and cut themselves off from their lives, previous life as it were. But, I don't think that one should do that.

Human beings can remain spiritual and religious while enjoying the benefits of rational administration of their affairs.

A lot has happened since Dr. King left us. He probably wouldn't recognize the landscape if he saw it, but I still believe he would still have the same spiritual faith and also faith in us as people - not only people in our nation, but people in the world.

My spiritual system is 12-step programs. That's the only one I've ever had. I didn't have one before that.

I think after a time there won't be anything left to be interesting for mankind. Computers are about to do everything for us. Cellphones are smarter than we are. We'll embrace spirituality because we'll be bored of everything else.

The new spirituality will bring about what I'm calling the 'end of better.' And that is in fact what is called for in the next of the series of books that I've been writing.

I think quite spiritually of myself. I feel like I'm here to support the human evolution.

I'm not afraid to improve myself spiritually, emotionally, economically. I'm not afraid to take on that challenge.

What this does for me emotionally, psychologically and spiritually - to look in the mirror and not be ashamed - has been very important in not relapsing.

I think all any artist or person wants to do is grow spiritually, emotionally, professionally and mentally.

I changed in a lot of ways, mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually.

People who are scientists today are scientists in spite of the system, typically, not because of it.