“I would say that for the sake of human progress, the best thing we could possibly do would be to diminish, to the point of eliminating, religious faiths. But certainly not eliminating the natural yearnings of our species or the asking of these great questions.” HumansWould BeNaturalReligiousProgressAskingSpeciesSakeBest ThingsYearningDiminishReligious FaithEliminatingHuman Progress Author:E. O. Wilson
“Generally speaking, an Indian university must regard itself as one of the living organs of national reconstruction. It must discover the best means of blending together both the spiritual and the material aspects of life. It must equip its alumni irrespective of caste, creed or sex, with individual fitness, not for its own sake, not for merely adorning varied occupations and professions, but in order to teach them how to merge their individuality in the common cause of advancing the progress and prosperity of their motherland and upholding the highest traditions of human civilisation.” HumansMeanTogetherSpiritualOrderIndividualSexCausesCommonTeachProgressMaterialsHighestAspectTraditionRegardUniversitySakeIndividualityProsperityProfessionIndianOccupationOrgansCreedsCivilisationAdvancingReconstructionCastesAspects Of LifeMotherlandAlumni Author:Syama Prasad Mukherjee
“But weightier still are the contentment which comes from work well done, the sense of the value of science for its own sake, insatiable curiosity, and, above all, the pleasure of masterly performance and of the chase. These are the effective forces which move the scientist. The first condition for the progress of science is to bring them into play.” FirstsWellsStillsDonePlayMovingScienceValuesForcePleasureProgressConditionsPerformancesScientistCuriositySakeMotiveContentmentWell DoneInsatiableWork Well Done Author:Lawrence Joseph Henderson
“... it seems to have been my luck to stumble into various forms of progress, to which I have been of the smallest possible use; yet for whose sake I have suffered the discomfort attending all action in moral improvements, without the happiness of knowing that this was clearly quite worth while.” Has BeensUseSeemsActionFormMoralKnowingProgressLuckSakeVariousImprovementSmallestDiscomfortAttending Author:Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
“The illusion that mechanical progress means human improvement ... alienates us from our own being and our own reality. It is precisely because we are convinced that our life, as such, is better if we have a better car, a better TV set, better toothpaste, etc., that we condemn and destroy our own reality and the reality of our natural resources. Technology was made for man, not man for technology. In losing touch with being and thus with God, we have fallen into a senseless idolatry of production and consumption for their own sakes.” IfsMenHumansMeanMadeRealityNaturalTechnologyOur LivesProgressCarTvsLosingIllusionResourcesSakeProductionsConvincedImprovementFallenEtcConsumptionConsumerismIdolatryNatural ResourcesOverconsumptionToothpaste Book:Seeds Source: Seeds
“The proposed liberal solution was always negotiation. Just as they believed in nuclear arms negotiations for their own sake, they believe in a "peace process" without regard to what its consequences might be....It was impossible for any peace plan to fail in their eyes, since lack of progress was nearly always interpreted as evidence that new talks were now "urgent".” BelieveMightEyeProcessProgressPlansImpossibleFailingArmsSolutionsEvidenceConsequenceRegardSakeNuclearNegotiationUrgentNuclear Arms Author:Mona Charen
“The thing to do is just make sure that as part of a disability community, we're not isolating ourselves by drawing differences for the sake of progress.” CommunityDifferencesProgressSakeDrawingThings To DoDisability Author:Zach Anner