“The simple faith in progress is not a conviction belonging to strength, but one belonging to acquiescence and hence to weakness.” SimpleProgressWeaknessConvictionBelongingAcquiescenceSimple Faith Book:The human use of human beings: cybernetics and society Source: The human use of human beings: cybernetics and society
“With our progress we have destroyed our only weapon against tedium: that rare weakness we call imagination.” ImaginationProgressWeaponsWeaknessDestroyedVisualizationTedium Author:Oriana Fallaci
“There are two types of pain, the one that breaks you and the one that changes you. In the gym, pain is felt as a result of weakness leaving the body. Physical pain is the glue of transformation and the pain of progress. The more you endure the harder it gets to accept the thought of failure.” TwoBodyPainFeltResultsAcceptingBreakProgressTypeWeaknessHarderTransformationEndureLeavingGymGluePhysical Pain Author:Greg Plitt
“I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.” HumansProgressWeaknessUniversalInstability Author:Petrarch
“We have received too much from God to allow ourselves opportunities for unbelief. We have received too many gifts and privileges to allow a grumbling, murmuring heart to disqualify us of our destiny. In contrast, the thankful heart sees the best part of every situation. It sees problems and weaknesses as opportunities, struggles as refining tools, and sinners as saints in progress.” HeartProblemOpportunitySituationDestinyStruggleToo MuchProgressWeaknessToolsSaintPrivilegeSinnerContrastOur DestinyUnbeliefRefiningMurmuringThankful HeartGrumbling Author:Francis Frangipane