We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to read more

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?

"Spiral!" the memorable Lady terms
Our mind's ascent.

"Spiral!" the memorable Lady terms
Our mind's ascent.

So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings,
goes but to build up great fortunes, to read more

So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings,
goes but to build up great fortunes, to increase luxury, and make
sharper the contest between the House of Have and the House of
Want, progress is not real and cannot be permanent.

He who moves not forward goes backward!
A capital saying!

He who moves not forward goes backward!
A capital saying!

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. read more

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

All rising to great place is by a winding stair.

All rising to great place is by a winding stair.

He who moves not forward, goes backward

He who moves not forward, goes backward

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.