Quotes About Progress

people move in the hope of a better life

Somos una nación de ingenieros que aspiran a ser reconocidos.

And where in the automobile is the offal that so offends with the horse? There is none, only a puff of smoke that vanishes in the air. An automobile is as harmless as a cigarette. Mark my words, Tomás: This century will be remembered as the century of the puff of smoke!

Life is a train that stops at no stations; you either jump abroad or stand on the platform and watch as it passes.

La vie est un apprentissage permanent ; plus on croit savoir, moins on sait, tant les choses changent et avec elles les mentalités.

Les vieux, des gens d'une autre époque mis dans le futur.

The great minds of the century. So absolutely convinced they're on the road to somewhere.

If I weren't in a constant state of metamorphosis, I'd have to battle the gloom that comes with endings because I refuse to wind down in some female fit of the vapors.

It's not right to live so long in this world only moving backward. -from Diary of My Sixteenth Year

Una vez que nos abrimos al cambio, la primera acción crea un apetito por más cambio.

Cada uno de nosotros viene a este mundo para corregir algo. Puede ser el equipaje que hemos traído con nosotros de vidas anteriores, o situaciones en las que hemos generado un cortocircuito en algún punto de nuestra vida actual.

Use every trial that comes to you as an opportunity to improve yourself.

This is the magic formula – desire toward a goal, which spawns action toward that goal. Continuous desire is the fuel. Daily action is the fire. The word "continuous" is important, as is the word "goal." Without these two operative functions, desires are scattered, actions are unfocused, and not much happens. With them, anything is achievable.

The process of giving is an essential aspect of reaching the advanced stages of kundalini unfoldment and continuing progress on the path of yoga. The more we are able to give, the more we are able to receive in terms of our own spiritual evolution.

The future ain't what it used to be.

We're lost, but we're making good time.

Its getting late early

Ce II siècle m'interesse parce qu'il fut, pour un temps fort long, celui des derniers hommes libres. Ence qui nous concerne, nous sommes peut-être déjà fort loin de ce temps-là.

Technocrats tell us we can't go backward, we can't refuse technology, because then we won't progress. We are told that life is increasingly complex, that's the way it is […] If this is all true, then we are doomed. Going back to a simpler life based on living by sufficiency rather than excess is not a step backward; rather, returning to a simpler way allows us to regain our dignity, puts us in touch with the land, and makes us value human contact again.

Why is a worm so effective? Because it is always moving.

Sometimes good ideas spring from having a sense of where you want to go, of having a vision of the next level of products.

Looking back now, I see that we made all the classic mistakes of a growing company.

If you read a newspaper on any given day, you will see that most of the gains we are making as a society are still being done by activist citizens' organizations.

The competition always stayed close on our heels, but we managed to keep innovating and improving our products.