Quotes About Progress

Moving ahead, so life won't pass me by.

the serpent if it wants to become the dragon must eat itself.

In my view all salvation for philosophy may be expected to come from Darwin's theory

Philosophy makes progress not by becoming more rigorous but by becoming more imaginative.

In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.

If you want to amend your errors, you must begin by amending your philosophy.

Life is a constant process of dying.

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

Time the devourer of everything.

Our job is improving the quality of life, not just delaying death.

Philosophy always buries its undertakers.

The perfect is the enemy of the good.

History abhors determinism but cannot tolerate chance.

My basic philosophy can be summed up by an expression we use in Norwegian: hurry slowly. Get there, but be patient.

Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting.

Civilization is paralysis.

I will go on shining, shining like brand new. I'll never look behind me, my troubles will be few.

The way up and the way down are one and the same.

Philosophy is the history of philosophy.

Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology.

Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.

Broaden your vision, and maintain stability while advancing forward. That is my philosophy.

Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.