Quotes About Development

I, of course, admit that the conception of God has taken many shapes in the long-drawn course of human development, some of them degraded, all of them inadequate.

I disowned, as you remember, any intention of providing you with a philosophical system—not because I despise philosophical systems or those who labor to construct them, but in part because I have none to recommend, and in part because it seems to me doubtful whether at our present stage of development a satisfactory system is possible.

Persecution is only an attempt to do that overtly and with violence, which the community is, in self-defense, perpetually doing unconsciously and in silence. In many societies variation of belief is practically impossible. In other societies it is permitted only along certain definite lines. In no society that has ever existed, or could be conceived as existing, are opinions equally free (in the scientific sense of the term, not the legal) to develop themselves indifferently in all directions.

We must regard the raw material, as I have called it, of civilization as being now, in all probability, at its best, and henceforth for the amelioration of mankind we must look to the perfection of manufacture.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

When we start something new, at first it is very muddy, and clouded. "But soon, it becomes a clear stream, whose flow conducts itself quietly, through spontaneous movements.

You know all the right techniques, all the secrets. You understand how to flow with time, and not get stuck in one place. Once you master one thing and have done it enough, you move on. Or at least you're good at pretending to move on. I think most people live their lives repeating the same patterns, again and again and again.

Growth and the overcoming of obstacles are inscribed on a person's soul.

no es que nuestro tiempo se haya detenido. Las cosas van experimentando un cambio constante aunque éste sea tan lento que apenas se perciba.

Es decir, que por fin habían aflorado los colores de mi personalidad, como le suele ocurrir a cualquier que ha estado sometido durante mucho tiempo a cierta formación

Es decir, que por fin habían aflorado los colores de mi personalidad, como le suele ocurrir a cualquiera que ha estado sometido durante mucho tiempo a cierta formación

There are many, many difficult times, god knows. If a person wants to stand on her own two feet, I recommend undertaking the care and feeding of something. It could be children, or it could be house plants, you know? By doing that you come to understand your own limitations. That's where it starts.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

The reason for the remarkable development of the rhythmic qualities of African music can certainly be traced to the fact that Africans also used drums for communication; and not, as was once thought, merely by using the drums in a kind of primitive Morse code, but by the phonetic reproduction of the words themselves--the result being that Africans developed an extremely fine and extremely complex rhythmic sense.

Something ordinary in the past becomes valuable in the future

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.

The journey in between what you once were and who you are now beoming is where the dance of life really takes place.

The journey in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming is where the dance of life really takes place.

The important part of growing older was the growing part. Resisting change meant forever standing still, which was a sad way to live.

My writing style has changed dramatically over the years, growing increasingly clean and exact. I like to think that I'm still improving -- that each book I write is a new personal best.

Home development is about wishful thinking. It's about capturing a dream.

who will be calling her Mommy before long." She took a deep

That's the dilemma with family. When it comes to our parents, we're always children. At what point do we grow up? They raise us to function as individuals, but when do they allow us to act independently?