"I see that the path of progress has never taken a straight line, but has always been a zigzag course amid the conflicting forces of right and wrong, truth and error, justice and injustice, cruelty and mercy"
- Kelly Miller
About this Quote
This quote by Kelly Miller speaks to the complexity of development. It recommends that progress is not a linear journey, however rather a winding path that is continuously challenged by opposing forces. Miller acknowledges that progress is often hindered by the presence of incorrect, error, oppression, and ruthlessness. However, he also acknowledges that development is likewise driven by right, truth, justice, and grace. This quote acts as a tip that development is a hard and often untidy process, but one that is eventually directed by the forces of good. It is a reminder that progress is possible, however only if we are willing to challenge the hard realities of our world and pursue a better future.
This quote is written / told by Kelly Miller between July 23, 1863 and December 29, 1939. He/she was a famous Sociologist from USA.
The author also have 17 other quotes.
"In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am"
"Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress"
"Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress"
