Those who work most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand least.

Those who work most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand least.

That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.

That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.

Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun,
But dream of him, and guess where he may be,
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Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun,
But dream of him, and guess where he may be,
And do the best to climb, and get to him.

There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.

There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

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.

Progress is
The law of life, man is not
Man as yet.

Progress is
The law of life, man is not
Man as yet.

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

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

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.