“What still concerns me the most is: am I on the right track, am I making progress, am I making mistakes in art?” ArtStillsMistakeDoubtProgressConcernTrackMaking MistakesRight Track Author:Paul Gauguin
“I think that we've made great moral progress in the second half of the 20th century in many respects, and particularly in relation to human rights but I think that we are losing sight of some of the values of concern for others, and self-respect and respect for others.” ThinkingHumansMadeSelfValuesHalfMoralRightsProgressCenturyLosingConcernSightRelationHuman RightsSelf Respect20th CenturyRespecting OthersConcern For Others Author:Alexander McCall Smith
“Nothing of that which is conducive to help man, collectively or individually, to live not "happily" but less unhappily in this world, ought to be indifferent to the Theosophist-Occultist. It is no concern of his whether his help benefits a man in his worldly or spiritual progress; his first duty is to be ever ready to help if he can, without stopping to philosophize.” IfsMenWorldFirstsHelpingSpiritualProgressThis WorldReadyDutyOughtBenefitsConcernIndifferentStoppingWorldlySpiritual Progress Author:H. P. Blavatsky
“Concern for the fate of the great rivers of the earth must lead us to reflect soberly on the model of development which our society is pursuing. A purely economic and technological understanding of progress, to the extent that it fails to acknowledge its intrinsic limitations and to take into consideration the integral good of humanity, will inevitably provoke negative consequences for individuals, peoples and creation itself.” EarthHumanityIndividualUnderstandingWaterFateProgressFailingEconomicCreationDevelopmentModelsConsequenceConcernNegativeRiversEnvironmentalLimitationAcknowledgeConsiderationOur SocietyProvokingTechnologicalNegative Consequences Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Philosophy addresses, in a systematic and progress-making way, questions of deep concern to everyone.” WayPhilosophyProgressConcernAddressesSystematic Author:Rebecca Goldstein
“There's been progress toward seeing that nature and culture are not opposing terms, and that wilderness is not the only kind of landscape for environmentalists to concern themselves with.” KindCultureTermProgressSeeingConcernLandscapeWildernessOpposingEnvironmentalist Author:Michael Pollan
“As the years progress, what women and men will discover is that the most lasting and rewarding educational experiences come not from specific information provided in classroom lectures or assigned textbooks, but from the values obtained in active engagement in meaningful issues. We achieve for ourselves only as we appreciate the problems and concerns of others-and only as we see our own lives as part of a much greater social purpose.” MenYearsProblemPurposeValuesSocialIssuesGreaterProgressAchieveInformationMen And WomenConcernAppreciateEducationalActiveMeaningfulLastingEngagementClassroomLecturesTextbooks Book:Black Liberation in Conservative America Source: Black Liberation in Conservative America
“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
“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.” HumansSufferingPassionIndividualGoalChangeWorkJusticeStepsStruggleProgressSacrificeHeroConcernPassionateInevitableOwnersDedicatedEvery StepExertionSacrifice For OthersHuman ProgressHuman SufferingGood KingsWorld SufferingProgress In Life Book:The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr Source: The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr
“Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress.” HumansProgressConcernTechnologicalPreoccupationHuman ProgressTechnological Progress Author:Wynton Marsalis