Quotes about Progress

I have no interest in returning to yesteryear. I love the conveniences and delights of today's time. I wouldn't go back if I could.

Do not be content with a static Christian life. Determine rather to grow in faith and love, in knowledge and holiness.

Love is a very ancient force, which served its purpose in its day but no longer is essential for the survival of the species.

Don't compare yourself with other people, compare yourself with who you were yesterday.

T]he longer you stay skeptical, doubtful, intellectually uncomfortable, the better it is for you.

History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind. Surely, Watt with his steam engine, Faraday with his electric motor, and Edison with his incandescent light bulb did not have it as their goal to contribute to a fuel shortage some day that would place their countries at the mercy of Arab oil.

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

I know that the future is scary at times. But there's just no escaping it.

Maybe every time an intelligent species grew advanced enough to invent a global computer network, they would then develop some form of social media, which would immediately fill these beings with such an intense hatred for one another that they ended up wiping themselves out within four or five decades.

Life was like an extremely difficult, horribly unbalanced video game. But sometimes the game can have a surprise ending. And sometimes, when you think you've reached the end of the game, suddenly you find yourself standing in front of a whole new level. A level you've never seen before. And the only thing you can do is keep right on playing.

a Habashaw OIR-9400

Through sheer force of will and brainpower, he'd once again turned science fiction into science fact, without much regard for the long-term consequences.