“Progress changes consciousness, and when people's consciousness changes, then their awareness of what is possible changes as well - a virtuous circle.” PeopleWellsConsciousnessProgressAwarenessCirclesVirtuousPossible Change Author:William J. Clinton
“Circles in water as they wider flow The less conspicuous in their progress grow, And when at last they trench upon the shore, Distinction ceases and they're view'd no more.” LastsGrowsWaterViewsProgressFlowCirclesCeaseDistinctionShoreTrenches Author:George Crabbe
“There have always been a large class of thinkers who deny that the world makes any progress. They say we move in a circle; that evils are never conquered, but only change their forms.” WorldMovingFormEvilClassProgressDenyCirclesThinker Author:Lydia M. Child
“... A nation has to take its natural course Of Progress round and round in circles From King to Mob to King to Mob to King Until the eddy of it eddies out.” CoursesNationsNaturalProgressKingsRoundsCircles Book:The poetry of Robert Frost Source: The poetry of Robert Frost
“Every church pretends to have found the exact truth. This is the end of progress. Why pursue that which you have? Why investigate when you know? Every creed is a rock in running water: humanity sweeps by it. Every creed cries to the universe, "Halt!" A creed is the ignorant Past bullying the enlightened Present. The ignorant are not satisfied with what can be demonstrated. Science is too slow for them, and so they invent creeds. They demand completeness. A sublime segment, a grand fragment, are of no value to them. They demand the complete circle... the entire structure.” KnowsEndsRunningPastValuesHumanityUniverseFoundWaterChurchProgressRocksCryDemandStructureCirclesSatisfiedIgnorantPursueEnlightenedBullyingCreedsSublimeFragmentsHaltCompletenessRunning Water Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Real social progress is always a widening of the circle of concern and protection. It's respect and empathy overtaking blindness and indifference. It's understanding that by the true measure, we are all neighbors and countrymen, call to each one of us to know what is right and kind and just and to go and do likewise.” KnowsKindRealSocialUnderstandingProgressEmpathyConcernProtectionNeighborCirclesIndifferenceBlindnessCountrymenSocial ProgressOvertaking Author:Paul Ryan