There is sometimes a peculiar confusion in the West that equates progress to whatever is recent or whatever is new, and it is time we understood that progress has nothing to do with the chronology of an idea.
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Until the last great war, a general expectation of material improvement was an idea peculiar to Western man. Now war and its aftermath have made economic and social progress a political imperative in every quarter of the globe.
quote by Lester B. Pearson
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Progress leads to confusion leads to progress and on and on without respite. Every one of the many major advances … created sooner or later, more often sooner, new problems. These confusions, never twice
the same, are not to be deplored. Rather, those who participate experience them as a privilege.
quote by Abraham Pais
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If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.
Once Upon A Time In The West
Some people get a cheap laugh breaking up the speed limit
Scaring the pedestrians for a minute
Crossing up progress driving on the grass
Leaving just enough room to pass
Sunday driver never took a test
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Yes its no use saying that you dont know nothing
Its still gonna get you if you dont do something
Sitting on a fence thats a dangerous course
Oh, you could even catch a bullet from the peace-keeping force
Even the hero gets a bullet in the chest
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Mother mary your children are slaughtered
Some of you mothers ought to lock up your daughters
Whos protecting the innocenti
Heap big trouble in the land of plenty
Tell me how were gonna do whats best
You guess once upon a time in the west
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Once upon a time in the west
song performed by by Dire Straits
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Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison.
quote by Simone Weil
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I Never Thought Of It That Way
I disagree!
I think I happen to be among the few,
Who believes they have succeeded tremendously.
Look around.
Observe.
What do you see?
'I see a waste of human energy! '
Go on...
And?
'I see a breakdown of dignity and self respect.'
And?
'I see a mess!
That's not progress.'
Who's talking about 'progress'?
I'm talking about what they've succeeded to do!
And it had to have been what they wanted...
Or this condition would not exist.
Hey...?
Maybe from their point of view,
We are witnessing THEIR 'progress'.
I never thought of it that way!
Maybe that's why they reject our version of unity!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don't.
quote by Alice Walker
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Get Some Rest
Getting little rest...
Isn't what's suggested is the best thing.
But...
Once one is committed,
It's difficult to quit.
Like many would would rather sit,
Just to...
Reminisce a bitterness,
Or...
Ignore the taking of those risks,
To...
Excuse the value of it.
And as a bit of a reminder...
Progress isn't made by sitting.
Progress isn't made by quitting.
Progress takes sacrificing,
What is wanted and what one likes.
And...
Progress isn't made by wishing.
Progress isn't made by shrinking...
Away to sneak a taste of cake,
While awaiting for someone else to make.
And...
Progress isn't made by sitting.
No.
Progress isn't made by quitting.
no.
Progress takes sacrificing,
What one wants, prefers and likes.
And,
Getting little rest...
Isn't what's suggested is the best thing.
But...
Once one is committed,
It's difficult to quit.
Like many would would rather sit,
Just to...
Reminisce a bitterness,
Or...
Ignore the taking of those risks,
To...
Excuse the value of it.
And as a bit of a reminder...
Get up and be tough.
Know,
To quit is not the best thing.
But...
Enough is enough.
And...
When it gets too rough,
You can...
Decide to get tougher.
But...
Get your rest.
Remember,
You can't do nuthin without...
Getting some rest.
You've got to,
Get your rest.
You've got to,
Get some rest!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Fanatics
Whether devout or green;
Whether hooded or seen;
Their intent is to gain
All control from the sane.
What they hate is the West,
For it's with progress blessed.
They will suck on its teat
While they plan its defeat.
In deceit they will hide;
They will seek to divide;
They will gather in tribes
And be showered with bribes
By the same naïve fools
They will use as their tools.
They may differ in aim;
The result is the same;
When enlightenment falls
Human progress it stalls.
They've no need to conspire
Just elect a good liar.
They are outside and in;
Should we sleep they will win.
poem by Dennis N. O'Brien
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The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
quote by Elbert Hubbard
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Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress.
quote by Wynton Marsalis
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An aim of an argument should be progress, but progress ultimately means little without victory.
quote by Gary L. Francione
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The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.
quote by Sydney J. Harris
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The price of progress is trouble, and I must be making a lot of progress.
quote by Charles Erwin Wilson
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The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
quote by Madame de Stael
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I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
quote by B.R. Ambedkar
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Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.
quote by Alfred A. Montapert
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Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.
quote by John F. Kennedy
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We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government.
Disapproval is a very important factor in all progress. There has really never been any progress without it.
quote by James H. Breasted
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