“There are two processes which we adopt consciously or unconsciously when we try to prophesy. We can seek a period in the past whose conditions resemble as closely as possible those of our day, and presume that the sequel to that period will, save for some minor alterations, be similar. Secondly, we can survey the general course of development in our immediate past, and endeavor to prolong it into the near future. The first is the method the historian; the second that of the scientist. Only the second is open to us now, and this only in a partial sphere.” TryingFirstsTwoPastCoursesProcessConditionsDevelopmentPeriodsFutureScientistMethodEndeavorHistorianSpheresMinorsSurveysSequelsAlterations Book:If I lived my life again Source: If I lived my life again
“The young women, what can they not learn, what can they not achieve, with Columbia University annex thrown open to them? In this great outlook for women's broader intellectual development I see the great sunburst of the future.” YoungAchieveDevelopmentFutureIntellectualUniversityThrownYoung WomenOutlookAcademiaColumbiaIntellectual DevelopmentColumbia University Author:M. E. W. Sherwood
“Sustainable development: Meeting present needs without compromising the stock of natural resources remaining for future generations. In terms of buildings, it implies resource efficiency, minimum energy use, flexibility and long life” NeedsLongUseEnergyTermNaturalVisionGenerationsBuildingDevelopmentFutureResourcesMeetingsCompromiseEfficiencyMinimumFlexibilityLong LifeFuture GenerationNatural ResourcesSustainable DevelopmentEnergy Use Author:Richard Rogers
“Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments, a future - and also because we live as if our only task was precisely to have relationships with other people.” PeopleIfsHumansHelpingRelationshipPositiveDevelopmentFutureTasksOur RelationshipHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsPersonal RelationshipsRelationships With OthersBest Relationship Book:Carnets: 1942-1951 Source: Carnets: 1942-1951
“A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries.” CountryIndividualVisionConditionsDevelopmentFutureSafeEssentialsDevelopingDietsAdequateSustainable DevelopmentDeveloping CountriesWorld Hunger Author:Gro Harlem Brundtland
“The testimony of every scientist is that the frontiers that are opening out ahead of us now are far wider and more spectacular than any frontier of America in the past. Our horizons are not closed. We are going to write a greater development in America than has ever been conceived.” WritingAmericaPastGreaterDevelopmentFutureScientistOpeningHorizonTestimonyFrontiersSpectacular Author:Eric Johnston