“… endless invention, endless experiment, Brings knowledge of motion, but not of…”

“… endless invention, endless experiment,
Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness;
Knowledge of speech, but not of silence;
Knowledge of words, and ignorance of the Word.”

T.S. Eliot, ’Choruses from “the Rock”’

“Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning,…”

“Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, 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.”

C.S. Lewis