Quotes about Progress

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. T — George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
No, our science is no illusion. But an illusion it would be to suppose that what science cannot give us we can get elsew — Sigmund Freud, The Future of an Illusion
We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done. — Alan Turing, Computing machinery and intelligence
The essence of Christianity is told us in the Garden of Eden history. The fruit that was forbidden was on the tree of kn — Frank Zappa
...[G]reat progress was evident in the last Congress of the American 'Labour Union' in that among other things, it treat — Karl Marx, Selected Letters: The Personal Correspondence 1844-1877
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. — Frank Zappa
An age cannot bind itself and ordain to put the succeeding one into such a condition that it cannot extend its (at best — Immanuel Kant, An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?
Conformity to the present is invisibility to the future. — Stefan Molyneux
The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hou — Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Now that science has helped us to overcome the awe of the unknown in nature, we are the slaves of social pressures of ou — Max Horkheimer, Eclipse of Reason
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. — George Orwell
Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world. — George Soros
We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not — Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
I always make sure that the world will prove me right. It gives me the freedom to contradict myself. — Criss Jami, Killosophy
We must all work in harmony with each other to stand up for what is right, to speak up for what is fair, and to always v — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
There was a time when skepticism was an act of rebellion. Since to a degree I both believe in evolution and have faith, — Criss Jami, Killosophy
The world is to be carried forward by truth, which at first offends, which wins its way by degrees, which the many hate — William Ellery Channing
We can be seduced...by powerful political groups that promise more wealth and lower taxes. Those with power can use clev — Jean Vanier, Finding Peace
False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported b — Charles Darwin
In history, truth should be held sacred, at whatever cost . . . especially against the narrow and futile patriotism, whi — Col. Thomas Aspinwall