Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.

The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you’re able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something… it’s about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

Reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.

We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.

Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.

In a universe that’s an intelligent system with a divine creative force supporting it, there simply can be no accidents. As tough as it is to acknowledge, you had to go through what you went through in order to get to where you are today, and the evidence is that you did.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Instead of being just a church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open, let us try also to be a church that finds new roads, that is able to step outside itself and go to those who do not attend Mass, to those who have quit or are indifferent.

In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances, invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.

Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God.

A lot of the things that will really improve the world fortunately aren’t dependent on Washington doing something different.

We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

You can tell the tree by the fruit it bears. You see it through what the organization is delivering as far as a concrete program. If the tree’s fruit sours or grows brackish, then the time has come to chop it down – bury it and walk over it and plant new seeds.

I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone’s imagination.

Critics only make you stronger. You have to look at what they are saying as feedback. Sometimes the feedback helps, and other times, it’s just noise that can be a distraction.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

I’m often accused of being ahead of my time, but it’s simply not true. The truth is that everybody else is behind.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

In the history of medicine, it is not always the great scientist or the learned doctor who goes forward to discover new fields, new avenues, new ideas.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.

My life is real.

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

The longer a man’s fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.

The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It’s a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation.

Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.

The more you practice, the better you get, the more freedom you have to create.

I’m definitely gaining new fans, and that’s the key of any success… gain more love.

History has proven that each generation of Howard graduates will forge the way forward for our country and our world.

Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.

Self-government does not and should not imply the use of political agencies alone. Progress is born of cooperation in the community – not from governmental restraints.

Perception often lags behind reality, and I can say from experience that the vast majority of public officials in Louisiana are much better than our reputation holds us to be.

Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity.

To innovate is not to reform.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

Mediocre theoretical physicists make no progress. They spend all their time understanding other people’s progress.

Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.

Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward.

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone – and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.

It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.

Today’s scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.

Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.

We’ve got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can’t just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it’s going to get on by itself. You’ve got to keep watering it. You’ve got to really look after it and nurture it.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.