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“Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts”

World Facts Understanding Society Discovery Improvement

Book:The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance

Source: The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance

“It is an unfinished society that we offer the world-a society that is forever committed to change, to improvement and to growth, that will never stagnate in the certitude of ideology or the finalities of dogma.”

World Growth Forever Society Offers Committed Improvement Ideology Dogma Unfinished Finality Certitude

Book:We Must Meet Our Duty and Convince the World that We are Just Friends and Brave Enemies

Source: We Must Meet Our Duty and Convince the World that We are Just Friends and Brave Enemies

“Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives.”

Social Results Quality Society Concern Improvement Motive Purity

Book:Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer

Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer

“When freedom prevails, the ingenuity and inventiveness of people creates incredible wealth. This is the source of the natural improvement of the human condition.”

People Humans Community Natural Wealth Creativity Society Conditions Source Incredibles Libertarian Improvement Human Condition Libertarianism Ingenuity Limited Freedom Inventiveness

Author:Brian Wesbury

“Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities. We all know that education, more than anything else, improves our chances of building better lives.”

Knows Life Children Chance Education Progress Society Building Development Our Children Improvement Priorities Better Life Urgent Betterment Children Learning Inspirational Education

Book:Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations

Source: Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations

“Material objects give rise to physical happiness, while spiritual development gives rise to mental happiness. Since we experience both physical and mental happiness, we need both material and spiritual development. This is why, for our own good and that of society we need to balance material progress with inner development.”

“Every step by which an individual substitutes concerted action for isolated action results in an immediate and recognizable improvement in his conditions. The advantages derived from peaceful cooperation and division of labor are universal.”

Action Individual Results Steps Society Conditions Advantage Labor Universal Improvement Peaceful Division Substitutes Cooperation Isolated Every Step Division Of Labor

Book:Human action: a treatise on economics

Source: Human action: a treatise on economics

“I cannot, however, but think that the world would be better and brighter if our teachers would dwell on the Duty of Happiness as well as the Happiness of Duty; for we ought to be as cheerful as we can, if only because to be happy ourselves is a most effectual contribution to the happiness of others.”

Happiness Science Pleasure Teacher Society Duty Improvement Contribution Better

Book:The Pleasures of Life

Source: The Pleasures of Life