Quotes About Progress

escribió sobre el autoconocimiento y sugirió que a veces somos el peor obstáculo para nuestra propia mejora: vemos a dónde deberíamos ir, que es donde queremos ir, pero aun así no somos capaces de tomar la decisión y emprender el camino. Está

Y como Séneca sigue diciéndole cada vez que recurre a él: «No sé si realizaré progresos; pero prefiero la falta de éxito a la falta de fe».[14]

Seneca actually explicitly says in his thirty-third letter to his friend Lucilius: Will I not walk in the footsteps of my predecessors? I will indeed use the ancient road—but if I find another route that is more direct and has fewer ups and downs, I will stake out that one. Those who advanced these doctrines before us are not our masters but our guides. The truth lies open to all; it has not yet been taken over. Much is left also for those yet to come.

We are not becoming more educated; we are simply acquiring more knowledge. There is a fundamental difference between the two.

Real ethical development is hard work and takes a long time.

Massimo Pigliucci

British astronomer royal Richard Woolley, who in 1956 said, "All this talk about space travel is utter bilge, really."10 Yuri Gagarin was the first human to orbit the earth just five years later.

No sé si realizaré progresos; pero prefiero la falta de éxito a la falta de fe».[14]

science makes progress not by proving its theories right-because that's impossible-but by eliminating an increasing number of wrong theories. Pseudoscience, however, does not make progress because its "theories" are so flexible that they can accommodate any observation whatsoever, which means that pseudoscientific theories do not actually have any explanatory teeth.

questa tendenza a ricordare male il passato uno dei motivi principali per cui ci sembra che oggi le cose vadano peggio.

Es el fantasma que se cierne sobre este trabajo y puede condicionarlo fatalmente: reclinarse sobre lo ya hecho, sobre lo ya dicho, sobre lo ya visto, reducir el amor por el conocimiento a mera administración de un conocimiento que ya no nos reserva sorpresa alguna. En

As you develop, the people around you also develop. As you progress, the world progresses with you to a certain degree.

Curing America's racial pathology couldn't be done with good intentions or presidential elections.

Morpheus There's a difference between knowing the path, and walking the path.

Morpheus Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony.

A bad beginning does not keep you from a good ending.

A flower that grows in the shade of another blooms slowly.

A step towards complacency is a step towards mediocrity; a step towards diligence is a step towards brilliance.

A step towards excellence is a mile towards success.

A step towards love is a mile towards joy.

Battling wolves today strengthens you for battling lions tomorrow.

Conquering hills today prepares you for conquering mountains tomorrow.

Counting each day's blessings helps you overcome each week's troubles.

Do today what will profit you tomorrow. Avoid forever what did not profit you yesterday.