"Progress means movement in a desired direction,..." - Quote by C S Lewis
Progress means movement in a desired direction, and we do not all desire the same things for our species.
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“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.”
“The only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. Our charities should pinch and hamper us. If we live at the same level of affluence as other people who have our level of income, we are probably giving away too little.”
“The unhistorical are usually, without knowing it, enslaved to a fairly recent past.”
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“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists, who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood. The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific and religious freedom have always been nonconformists. In any cause that concerns the progress of mankind, put your faith in the nonconformist!”
“We celebrate the past to awaken the future.”
“The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.”
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“I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.”
“It is that fery person for all the orld, as just as you will desire; and seven hundred pounds of moneys, and gold, and silver, is her grandsire upon his death's-bed-Got deliver to a joyful resurrections!”
“All get what they want; they do not always like it.”