All rising to great place is by a winding stair.

All rising to great place is by a winding stair.

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.

I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a
bigger body, more awful, more reverent read more

I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a
bigger body, more awful, more reverent and more free than he has
had before.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

He who moves not forward, goes backward

He who moves not forward, goes backward

Progress has not followed a straight ascending line, but a spiral
with rhythms of progress and retrogression, of evolution read more

Progress has not followed a straight ascending line, but a spiral
with rhythms of progress and retrogression, of evolution and
dissolution.

Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like
clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and read more

Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like
clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and set
to true time.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation