“The wonder is not that so much cacophony appears in our actual individual lives, but that there is any appearance of harmony and progression.” IndividualWonderProgressHarmonyAppearanceProgressionIndividual LifeCacophony Author:Lewis Mumford
“Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy; research, the progress; ignorance, the end. There is, by heavens, a strong and generous kind of ignorance that yields nothing, for honour and courage, to knowledge: an ignorance to conceive which needs no less knowledge than to conceive knowledge.” NeedsKindEndsPhilosophyStrongHeavenWonderKnowledgeProgressIgnoranceResearchPhilosophicalFoundationGenerousYieldHonour Author:Michel de Montaigne
“Progress is a farce because man's head and hand have created wonders that stun the imagination, but his heart does not keep step and his morals undo all that his mind has wrought.” MenMindHeartDoeHandsImaginationWonderMoralStepsProgressFarce Author:Vance Havner
“We are all forever a work in progress. I mean, that is the truth. You are forever in your whole life a work in progress, and forever there is a 12-year-old that's driving in to work with you every day. And you are still on the school playground and you are still whatever it is in college or you are still wondering why someone didn't return your call or ask you out.” YearsMeanStillsWholeSchoolAsksWonderForeverProgressCollegeReturnWhole LifeDrivingPlaygroundsWork In Progress Author:Sherry Lansing
“The main event is freedom. I often wonder if I had the complete freedom to not have to write, if I would write. That's the one mystery that I hope I get to experience. It might be a good idea to retire, since as this delusion of an economy progresses, it seems that if you make ten grand a year or a hundred grand a year, there's absolutely no difference.” WritingWonderEconomyProgressMysteryDelusionRetiring Author:Nick Tosches