Human nature will not change. In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“People's imaginations have continued to work, right up to our own day; hence the incredible crop of fanciful allegations attributing to the… — Régine Pernoud Copy Share Image
“History is not a dead thing or a sure thing. It lived with our choices and our dreams. It is the story… — Joan Nestle Copy Share Image
However far back we may be able to trace the - so to speak - internal history of the Universe, there can… — Antony Flew Copy Share Image
“Words like “Society” and “State” are so concretized that they are almost personified. In the opinion of the man in the street,… — C.G. Jung Copy Share Image
I think by the age of about nine I recognized that there were a lot of different religions, and it was an… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Religious illiteracy is more dangerous because religion is the most volatile constituent of culture, because religion has been, in addition to one… — Stephen R. Prothero Copy Share Image
“I am, of course, aware that for over two hundred years scholars have laboured to keep history and theology, or history and… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
There are two processes which we adopt consciously or unconsciously when we try to prophesy. We can seek a period in the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“Jesus was stoned, but no rock hit him. He slipped into the crowd and was found later teaching on a hill somewhere.… — Christopher Hawke Copy Share Image
Detroit has a history of a lot of great rebounders and big guys that have been great defenders. So for me to… — Andre Drummond Copy Share Image
There are no good wars or bad wars. The only thing bad about a war is to lose it. All wars have… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
History of America, Part I (1776-1966): Declaration of Independence, Constitutional Convention, Louisiana Purchase, Civil War, Reconstruction, World War I, Great Depression, New… — Norman Chad Copy Share Image
“Throughout history, the role of education has been to prepare children for adulthood. Today our world is changing so rapidly that it’s… — Patricia A. Jennings Copy Share Image
Nobody brings ancient history and archaeology to life like Adrienne Mayor. From the Russian steppes to China, and from Roman Egypt and… — Edith Hall Copy Share Image
His other sliding up my back pushing me into him even more. Was I ready for this? What if this is all… — Jade Copy Share Image
What is the deepest passion for me and for us is the historic investment in the middle class and in - as… — Phil Murphy Copy Share Image
When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban - that's my definition for her - I… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
In history, she wasn't there while we reenacted the Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and Mr. Lee tried to make me argue the Pro-Slavery side,… — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
Im fascinated by failure, and Im fascinated by finality. Shakespeares historical plays are more universal than his comedies because they relate to… — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
“The history of the industrial revolution shows how that power passed from the king and the aristocracy to the bourgeoisie. Universal suffrage… — edward bernays Copy Share Image
Whereas religious prayers sing of peace and harmony, religion has divided human beings through an atrocious history of enmity and bloodshed. Yet,… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
“Economics ought to be a magpie discipline, taking in philosophy, history and politics. But heterodox approaches have long since been banished from… — Aditya Chakrabortty Copy Share Image
war with poison and chemicals was not so rare in the ancient world ... An astounding panoply of toxic substances, venomous creatures,… — Adrienne Mayor Copy Share Image
Can one understand politics without understanding history, especially the history of political thought, and will this distinguish political philosophy from some other… — Raymond Geuss Copy Share Image
“The uncommon abilities and fortune of Severus have induced an elegant historian to compare him with the first and greatest of the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
In silence you hear the call to turn within. See the light that exists inside you and freely, willingly shine that light… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Mysticism, according to its historical and psychological definitions, is the direct intuition or experience of God; and a mystic is a person… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
This is an age of intellectual sauces, of essence, of distillation. We have conclusions without deductions, abridgments of history and abridgments of… — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
History will have to recordThat the greatest tragedy of this period of social transitionWas not the vitriolic words and the violent actions… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Trained hawks have a peculiar ability to conjure history because they are in a sense immortal. While individual hawks of different species… — Helen Macdonald Copy Share Image
What if?' history is a tricky game, but there is no doubt that the senior planners of D-Day - including Eisenhower and… — Ben Macintyre Copy Share Image
As far as cities, one of my favorite stops every year is Rome I think it's super fun to play there, because… — Madison Keys Copy Share Image
“Richardson, however, remains a vital figure in the history of the novel, and of ideology. He initiates a discourse on sexual roles… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
I think of music as creating a space. I like to put things in that are comforting to me and are nostalgic.… — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
Personally, I can't see the appeal in trekking down to D.C. for a networking extravaganza, even if it is built around a… — Jamie Johnson Copy Share Image
Of course, if you photograph the behavior of women and men at a particular time in history, in a particular situation, you… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
“literally rocketing into the sky at a seemingly impossible steep pitch as it activated for the first and only time in its… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
At the time when this famous historical battle was fought in Kosovo, the people were looking at the stars, expecting aid from… — Slobodan Milosević Copy Share Image
When you have big historic changes, there are going to be ups and downs... There are going to be peaks and valleys.… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
