History Quotes

Those who lived through the great moments reflect on what happened and why it still matters.

18227 quotes

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"The day may be approaching when the whole world shall be brought under a single political system."
William James
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"Wars are, it seems, as inevitable as individual combats."
William James
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"Look to the origin of a practice, and we learn its rationale."
William James
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"History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."
William James
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"History reveals God's providence over human affairs."
Jonathan Edwards
P
"History is the arena of freedom and fate intertwined."
Paul Tillich
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"Tradition is not the worship of ash but the preservation of fire."
Paul Tillich
P
"History is the record of consciousness evolving."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"At the base of all distinguished culture we find savage and productive power."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"History teaches us that consciousness evolves through distinct stages of human development."
Rudolf Steiner
R
"History shows humanity gradually awakening to higher levels of consciousness."
Rudolf Steiner
J
"Methodism is the completion of Protestantism."
John Wesley
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"History repeats itself until humanity learns its lessons."
Rudolf Steiner
P
"History is the story of how the finite struggles with the infinite."
Paul Tillich
P
"A nation that forgets its history is condemned to repeat it."
Paul Tillich
P
"History is the story of consciousness evolving within matter"
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
R
"History repeats itself until humanity learns the lessons it offers."
Rudolf Steiner
"History teaches us that love ultimately conquers hatred and division"
Charles Wesley
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"The noble human being is a function of historical development."
Friedrich Nietzsche
P
"History is not the past determining the future, but the future pulling the past into meaning."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
P
"Our epoch is characterized by the planetization of humanity—we are becoming one."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
J
"The history of humanity is the history of the soul's awakening."
Jacob Böhme
"Our legacy is written not in monuments but in transformed hearts."
Charles Wesley
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"The concept of cleanliness is understood differently by each epoch."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"History is the record of human struggles toward truth."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"History teaches us that pride precedes every significant fall of nations and persons."
Jonathan Edwards
"History teaches us that human nature changes little; wisdom never dates."
Charles Wesley
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"The greatest events and thoughts are the least noticed by the world."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"History is written by those with the power to impose their narrative."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"What one generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace."
John Wesley