“Progress occurs where truths are questioned.”
“Ageing is human progress in its purest form.”
“Progress isn t made by early risers. It s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.”
“Progress is discovering what you can do without.”
“Progress requires unlearning. Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs.”
“Fear is a powerful motivator, but so is love.”
“Hate is loud, but i think you ll learn it s because it s only a few people shouting, desperate to be heard.”
“What we are doing is finding ways for people to understand and think about mathematics.”
“I don t know where I m going, but I m on my way.”
“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.”
“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.”
“So, why do you write these strong female characters? Because you’re still asking me that question. [Equality Now speech, May 15, 2006]”
“Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turn, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man.”
“No, our science is no illusion. But an illusion it would be to suppose that what science cannot give us we can get elsewhere.”
“To reach a port we must set sail – Sail, not tie at anchor Sail, not drift.”
“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.”
“Restlessness is discontent — and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man — and I will show you a failure.”