"And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction."

Progress, Mistake, Correction, Wisdom

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"And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction."

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"The absence of knowledge of the truths about money leads to poverty and financial slavery."

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"If the humanity does not poison the minds of the children with all sort of religious craps, the new generations of humanity will soon create a new world order where reason and logic will be the sole guide, the sole savior!"

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"And the people of Ankh-Morpork are so thirsty for novelty that the whole city is, you might say, hurrying the future along for the sheer joy of watching its progress."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"Respect is the lifeblood of progress, and the safe harbour of humanity's great aspirations."

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"A powerful process automatically takes care of progress, productivity and profits."

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"We must eradicate ignorance and illiteracy from our nations and continent to the nearest minimum for us to have a national development."

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"A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

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"Life rewards action. To get from where you are now to where you want to be requires forward movement and momentum. Although you may already know what it takes to bridge the gap, simply knowing what to do is not enough."

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"There is nothing that can replace self-development."

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"If there is progress anywhere it is because there has been people who worked for it not just prayed for it."

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"I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival."

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"No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful."

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"After the thing went off, after it was a sure thing that America could wipe out a city with just one bomb, a scientist turned to Father and said, 'Science has now known sin.' And do you know what Father said? He said, 'What is sin?"

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"Human beings will be happier - not when they cure cancer or get to Mars or eliminate racial prejudice or flush Lake Erie but when they find ways to inhabit primitive communities again. That's my utopia."

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"The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest."

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"Moderate giftedness has been made worthless by the printing press and radio and television and satellites and all that. A moderately gifted person who would have been a community treasure a thousand years ago has to give up, has to go into some other line of work, since modern communications put him or her into daily competition with nothing but the world's champions."

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"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."

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"Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something."

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"When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlighenment and comfort at top speed."

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"About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm."

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