Quotes About Development

Patient endurance is a sign of progress.

At each step from the inner being to the surface there is an apparent improvement, which appears to be more positive; yet every step towards the surface entails limitation and dependence.

the seed has in it the leaf and the flower and the fruit. But the fulfillment of the purpose of that seed is that it is put in the ground, that it is watered, that a seedling springs up and is reared by the sun; it brings forth its flowers and fruits. This is the fulfillment of that seed which already contained in itself the fruit and the flower.

evolved. This evolution only means that the soul has adopted a more finished instrument in order to experience life more fully.

Des Lebens größtes Geheimnis ist die Kontinuität der Entwicklung. Hört Entwicklung auf, so ist das wie der Tod, und solange der Mensch sich entwickelt, kann Sterblichkeit ihn nicht berühren. Ob mit oder ohne Erfolg, wenn die Seele etwas zu erreichen wünscht, muss die Suche fortgesetzt werden, und durch Zielstrebigkeit wird eine Brücke von der Erde zum Himmel gebaut und vom Menschen zu Gott. (S. 36)

Every soul is born with concentration; it loses this faculty as it grows up.

Asking if a particular trait is due to nature or nurture implies a false dichotomy between nature, genes, and evolution on the one side and between nurture and environment on the other. In fact, all of it is evolutionary.

In alligators, the temperature of an egg as it develops determines the sex of its inhabitant: low temperatures create females, high temps make males. The same is true for tortoises, but

You are here to learn, not to love. Although you may learn not to love, which is another thing entirely.

Childhood is the most valuable thing that's taken away from you in life, if you think about it.

Dancers are made, not born. —Mikhail Baryshnikov

the fruit merely a manifestation of what was inside the tree all along.

All life. You are never finish, never done. Never become, always becoming.

All life. You are never finish, never done. Never become, always becoming. You know? Life is change so is always okay you are not there yet.

Mistake good because you learn, you fix.

Because you know what's even better than happy endings?" "What?" "Happy middles.

To comprehend the interactions between Homo sapiens and the vast and diverse microbial world, perspectives must be forged that meld such disparate fields as medicine, environmentalism, public health, basic ecology, primate biology, human behavior, economic development, cultural anthropology, human rights law, entomology, parasitology, virology, bacteriology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology.

The best countries at closing the gender gap are the most peaceful. The best countries at closing the gender gap are the most prosperous. The most peaceful countries are the happiest. The most peaceful countries are best on the environment.

The key to developing your intuition is developing your self-observation skills.

To develop your intuition, you need to respect it as a natural intelligence.

Finding your own metaphor for intuition is one of the best ways to give it form, an essential step in developing your intuitive thinking.

Only a fool would wish to go back to who he was.

This life is a process of learning.

The only way to know is to Live, Learn, and Grow