Quotes About Progress

The technocrat is the natural friend of the dictator—computers and dictatorship; but the revolutionary lives in the gap which separates technical progress from social totality, and inscribed there his dream of permanent revolution. This dream, therefore, is itself action, reality, and an effective menace to all established order; it renders possible what it dreams about.

Every time someone puts an objection to me, I want to say: 'OK, OK, let's go on to something else.' Objections have never contributed anything.

Lo que triunfa no es tanto la nostalgia del pasado cuanto la inquietud por la precariedad del futuro.

I think she definitely has. I think, um, her and Mulder's relationship has become more equal. And, I think she has become stronger and more independent over the seasons.

dies novus est," he said, quoting one of Flora's favorite Latin expressions. "Tomorrow is a new day.

Learn from your past mistakes, but don't dwell on them.

While many things have changed, some things haven't changed enough.

Time doesn't offer a refund.

India's latest latrine triumph will improve the lives of many of its citizens. Given what else has been going on in the rest of the world, any reports of currently "defecation-free" zones, literal or metaphorical, are welcome.

Every year has an expiration date, as does every lifetime. Even the finest wine can't age forever.

One year from now, a decade, a century, half a millennium, will things be different? Dare we dream it? When we are seen for ourselves, not just as the conduit of progeny, heirs, lineage, not just as beautiful objects to be protected, inspected, appreciated, but for who we are at the core . . .

feedings increased first during the next growth

My life has become a series of fast-moving parts, each hurtling forward while I race to catch up, forever on the verge of tripping.

I didn't want who I was now to be the most I'd ever be.

We are always permeable, shifting. We are all only one strange leap away from becoming inconceivable to our former selves.

Practice makes comfort. Expand your experiences regularly so every stretch won't feel like your first.

Mistakes help to sharpen your next steps. They don't prove that you shouldn't try again.

Sometimes we have to break down to break through.

Name the fears that are holding you back. It's the equivalent of flooding the boogeyman with light.

Keep moving. Your next big thing may be just around the corner.

Few experiences are more satisfying than becoming someone we always imagined we could be.

Much of what we acquire in life isn't worth dragging to the next leg of our journey. Travel light. You will be better equipped to travel far.

It is not so much the grand dramas of our lives that transform us as it is the tiny one-acts we produce in between.

If we never challenge our shortcomings, we ensure that they remain our Achilles' heel.