All history, of course, is the history of wars.
History Quotes
A historian should yield himself to his subject, become immersed in the place and period of his choice, standing apart from it now and then for a fresh view.
If one looks with a cold eye at the mess man has made of history, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that he has been afflicted by some built-in mental disorder which drives him towards self-destruction.
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
In his own lifetime Jesus made no impact on history. This is something that I cannot but regard as a special dispensation on God’s part, and, I like to think, yet another example of the ironical humor which informs so many of His purposes. To me, it seems highly appropriate that the most important figure […]
Popularity is history’s pocket change. Courage is the true currency of history.
The individual person, I think, most of all determines what will happen. There is a “looseness” in the joining together of happenings so that a certain past does not necessarily mean a certain future. An unexpected turn can be given to history by just one person’s beliefs, character, and way of life.
Nothing changes more constantly than the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what happened, but of what men believe happened.
The game of History is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of thr majority in the middle.
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
