“New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth.” StillsTeachProgressDutyAncientOccasionsUncouthOnward And Upward Author:James Russell Lowell
“You're damn right we need a rational code of morality and ethics. But not much progress can be made in that direction while we've still got a majority ranting about gods, devils, souls, and absolute morality, and using an ancient book written by ignorant nomads as a guide.” NeedsMadeStillsBookSoulProgressWrittenMoralityEthicsDevilAbsolutesMajorityAncientGuidesIgnorantRationalCodeDamnNomadMorality And Ethics Author:Doug Graham
“Israel's economic and cultural progress is due to three things: the pioneering spirit that inspires the best of our immigrant and Israeli youth, who respond to the challenge of our desolute areas and the ingathering of the exiles; the feeling of Diaspora Jewry that they are partners in the enterprise of Israel's resurgence in the ancient homeland of the Jewish people; and the power of science, and technology which Israel unceasingly, and not without success, tries to enhance.” PeopleTryingFeelingsSpiritThreeChallengesTechnologyProgressEconomicYouthInspireAreasAncientIsraelDuesPartnersEnterpriseImmigrantsExileThree ThingsIsraeliHomelandScience And TechnologyDiasporaPioneeringResurgencePioneering Spirit Author:David Ben-Gurion
“The essence of modernity is that progress no longer waits on genius; instead we have learned to put our faith in the organized efforts of ordinary men. Science is as old as the race, but the effective organization of science is new. Ancient science, like placer mining, was a pursuit of solitary prospectors. Nuggets of truth were found, but the total wealth of knowledge increased slowly. Modern man began to transform this world when he began to mine the hidden veins of knowledge systematically.” MenWorldFaithFoundWaitingWealthEffortRaceProgressModernThis WorldMinesGeniusOrdinaryEssenceOrganizationAncientPursuitOrganizedSolitaryVeinsModernityMiningOrdinary ManModern ManNuggetsWealth Of Knowledge Author:William Wickenden
“The ancient bitter opposition to improved methods [of production] on the ancient theory that it more than temporarily deprives men of employment... has no place in the gospel of American progress.” MenProgressTheoryMethodAncientProductionsBitterEmploymentOpposition Author:Herbert Hoover
“The progress of science, like an ancient desert trail, is strewn with the bleached skeletons of discarded theories, doctrines, and axioms which seemed to possess eternal life.” ProgressTheoryWalkingEternalAncientDesertTrailsEternal LifeSkeletonsDiscarded Author:Arthur Koestler