Quotes About Development

An der technischen Entwicklung der Dampfmaschine im 18. Jahrhundert läßt sich der Prozess der Emanzipation der modernen Produktionsweise von den Schranken der organischen Natur verfolgen.

I, like a fatuous dunce who didn't realize how bad I was, jumped right in with the confidence of a true know-nothing. I practiced

no speech of admonition can be so fine that it will all at once make those who hear it good men if they are not good already; it would surely not make archers good if they had not had previous practice in shooting; neither would it make lancers good, nor horsemen; it cannot even make men able to endure bodily labour, unless they have been trained to it before.

Repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans. Yann Martel in Life of Pi, Page 25

The grand march of progress apparently includes the unfortunate necessity of chopping down every obstacle in its way.

No culture is so primitive that it is entirely determined by the natural influences of environment and economic function, nor yet any is so advanced that it is not conditioned by these influences.

The conception of the universe as an intelligible order has inspired the whole development of Western science, alike in classical antiquity and in modern times; and in the formative period of modern science from Galileo to Newton the belief in God as first cause and creator of the order of nature, as well as the supreme governor and lawgiver of the moral world formed an essential part of the scientific 'Weltanschauung'.

'Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age' was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work. But an instant's thought shows that Afghanistan is being, if anything, bombed out of the Stone Age.

If you look at any Muslim society and you make a scale of how developed they are, and how successful the economy is, it's a straight line. It depends on how much they emancipate their women.

I am a camera, with its shutter open. Someday, all of this will be developed, printed, fixed.

What difference does today introduce with respect to yesterday?

The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life.

Every age develops its own peculiar forms of pathology, which express in exaggerated form its underlying character structure.

To blame the irrational features of modern politics on narcissism, the ideology of intimacy, or the "culture of personality" not only exaggerates the role of ideology in historical development but underestimates the irrationality of politics in earlier epochs.

we got better at running because our heads were expanding, thereby providing more ballast.

slova sociologa Erika Hoffera: "Vše velké za?íná jako hnutí, m?ní se to v podnikání a kon?í jako kšefta?ení.

Okay, so primitive man upgraded his hardware with a bigger brain

When you spot a giant ability gap between ages and genders, you know you're looking at nurture, not nature.

Coach Vigil believed you had to become a strong person before you could become a strong runner.

Mr. Gilbert had the earnest mania for self-improvement which has blighted the lives of so many young men.

Being able to conceive moral contexts from multiple sides and being able to more deeply understand each person involved are major achievements in moral development.

Higher stage [regarding moral reasoning] parents do not use love withdrawal as a parenting technique and prefer discussion-based parenting (e.g., induction). Higher stage parents are less likely to endorse "conventional" values (e.g., obedience, manners, respect for rules and law) and are more likely to endorse values that promote autonomy and commitment to and respect for others.

Although acting inconsistently with one's own implicit interests and developmental trends can sometimes pay off, the data suggest that those who ignore their deeper impulses, curiosities, and values typically experience sub-optimal outcomes. For example, the latter types tend not to be the ones who make a mark on history.

A path is made by walking on it.