“A characteristic thing about the aspiring immigrant is the fact that he is not content to progress alone. Solitary success is imperfect success in his eyes. He must take his family with him as he rises.” FactsEyeProgressCharacteristicsHis EyesImmigrantsImperfectSolitary Book:The Promised Land Source: The Promised Land
“It is a characteristic of old age to find the progress of time accelerated. The less one accomplishes in a given time, the shorter does the retrospect appear.” DoeAgeGivenProgressAccomplishOld AgeCharacteristicsRetrospect Author:Wilhelm von Humboldt
“Creativity is the foundation of wealth. All progress comes from the creative minority. Under capitalism, wealth is less a stock of goods than a flow of ideas, the defining characteristic of which is surprise. If it were not surprising, we could plan it, and socialism would work.” IfsIdeasWealthCreativityCreativeProgressPlansCapitalismFlowFoundationSurpriseSocialismCharacteristicsMinoritiesGoodsSurprisingDefining Author:George Gilder
“The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.” KnowsScienceKnowingProgressCharacteristicsScientific Progress Author:Gaston Bachelard
“The characteristic feature of modern capitalism is mass production of goods destined for consumption by the masses. The result is a tendency towards a continuous improvement in the average standard of living, a progressing enrichment of the many.” ResultsProgressModernMassStandardsCapitalismAverageProductionsImprovementTendenciesFeaturesCharacteristicsGoodsConsumptionDestinedStandards Of LivingContinuous ImprovementEnrichmentMass Production Author:Ludwig von Mises