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All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
 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. 
I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at read more
I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.
Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform appendix and God.
Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform appendix and God.
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.
The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
 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. 
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
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less read more
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.